literature

Masks

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Can you see through the masks; Each one more hidden than the last.
Love is the favorite mask. It's the one with the least lies.
There are holes, however, for the disgraceful eyes.
It's marked with swirls of affection and compassion for the wearer's lover.
A set of red lips match the face that is covers.
Love is not the only mask with an obsession. There is another called Free Expression.
It's a mask that hides half the face. A mask that no one can erase.
Here is the artist's heart; the visionary mind can go far.
The mask of the troubled one; revealing scars that can't be undone.
There is the last mask after the one that expresses most. Its called the Mask of Boast.
It claims no fault with nothing to hide, but it is the mask with the most lies.
No second thoughts on anything in mind; thinking others are so blind.
Show confidence but fear failure; living in lies of the boastful speaker.
So these masks line along the shelf on the wall, waiting for the wearer to fall.
Choose the next mask with care, in hopes of the wearer's face might still be there.
I have no idea what made me want to write this, but the topic of masks has been in my head for a while.
*shrugs*
Hope you like.

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This is my "don't care what you think" face  
My "doesn't matter if I swim or sink" face  
My "the world can't phase me" face  
My "nothing you say gets to me" face  
My "who gives a damn" face  
My "since when do you know who I am" face  
My "man ain't supposed to cry" face  
And my "don't care if you die" face  
And although I doubt you really care  
This is the mask you make me wear  
You picked out the blank eyes I use to look through you  
And the smug smirk I use to undo you  
You chose the way I ignore you behind a book  
You chose my mask, so take a good look
This mask I wear  That hides the tears  That hides the fears  This Mask I wear  That shows happiness  That shows laughter  That shows some one else  This mask I wear  That will Say "hello!"  When i say "good bye"  
That will say "I'm fine!"  When i say "I hurt."  This  mask I wear  
To protect  To hide  To lie
She laughs because she can’t cry.  
Knowing what harm it does.   
So she wears a mask,  That could best the jester’s   
With a smile carefully put in place,  She walks about her day   
Under that mask a small girl cries.  Lost and lonely and ready to die   
Huddled in a corner in the only light.  
She watches the shadows,   as they creep closer.   
She holds her hope,  In a silver locket that once was gold.   
Clings to it in vain faith,  That one day she will be able to run from the shadows.   
Knowing that it will never come tr
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Iluvocnj2006's avatar
Oooo...this is lovely! I love the rhyming that you have going on. This is something you would hear at a poetry bar. Mhmm! :D

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