My Masks

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    because he said I wore a mask,and never showed the real me

    My Masks

    I have many masks,
    old and new,
    packed away in boxes
    or
    lined up in a drawer like
    freshly cleaned socks.
    There is one
    for every
    moment
    every
    ocasion.

    The one
    for school that is
    my most prized mask,
    that allows me to fool
    not only my fellow classmates but
    my teachers and
    friends.
    It hides
    my eyes behind fake glimmers
    and my sighs behind laughs.
    Truly,a prized mask.

    There is one for home,
    a far less detalied
    one
    allowing my eyes
    and sighs to be
    known,
    but ignored,
    passed off as a
    hard day at school,
    or stress about a test
    the next day.

    Oh,there are countless others,
    more then I know.but one thing
    is
    constant...


    I always wear a mask,
    and no one can make
    me lower it,
    or let m emotions



    break through.

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    SuziJean commented on My Masks

    05-15-2013

    I too hide. everything. there are days when i almost break, crying wishing they knew everything the whole me. then there are days when i want to move far away so that i can just quietly fade into the background with a new face. I wish everyone to forget, I wish for everyone to understand. mostly i just want them to stay out... i understand this, I live it..... good poem

    DrewMcNee commented on My Masks

    05-21-2010

    Nice work. Consider removing lines 2 through 6 and "There is" from 7. It will give you a much stronger opening to match the strength of the piece.

    Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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