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Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

0 posted 2001-01-30 04:24 AM

See me smile, see the grin
Upon my face, it means nothing
So used am I to peer beneath
Hooded lashes, to hide my weep
To smile and answer "how are you"?
When you ask do you feel blue?

You will never see me frown
For I can always act the clown
It doesn't mean that I'm okay,
It's just the things I've learned to say
Deflect my pain, this I will do
And hide myself away from you

See this mask, I wear it well
To look at me you'd never tell
That what you see is such a lie
I smile but only want to cry
And I couldn't let you see
The shards that shatter parts of me

Hear my words concealing pain
Nothing in my voice remains
I coached it hard and taught it long
No lament, just gift of song
And still somewhere I'm buried deep
Denied by self would promise keep

I do not want your sympathy
I just want to know what's really me

Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.

Dark_kisses_Within
Senior Member

since 2000-03-21

Posts 680
Kansas

1 posted 2001-01-30 06:52 AM

Good subject here, Kethry! I too have been here and understand the thoughts.

Take care,
Mags

No person is worth your tears, and the only one that is ...... will never make you cry

armanca
Member

since 1999-07-07

Posts 211
Tennessee

2 posted 2001-01-30 07:25 AM

Everyone wears a mask... some of us wear one because even we are scared of the demons we see in the mirror. I have found.. we are always reaching out... for someone to see beyond that mask.

Carman

mystic requiem
Member

since 2001-01-26

Posts 144

3 posted 2001-01-30 10:38 AM

Well said!
No pity, only truth.
*thanx*

mYsTiC

Ginners
Member

since 2000-07-22

Posts 339
Mullica Hill, New Jersey

4 posted 2001-01-30 01:18 PM

Well said work here, only truth!

Isis
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

5 posted 2001-01-30 07:06 PM

Kethry, we all wear masks at times, let's just hope the times we need to wear them become less and less for all of us!!
Beautiful hon,
Isis

P.S. Dylan is safely ensconed in Grade 1, it was a precious day for me

But I miss his company so much!!

*The heart of education is the education of the heart...*
~Isis~~Sovereign of the Spirit.

He
Junior Member

since 2001-01-15

Posts 41

6 posted 2001-01-30 10:23 PM

life is THE mirror
which we are
embalmed
or rise

inside answers
always define
await the
questions

you decide

"Emotion revealed as the ocean maid..."

Krawdad
Member Elite

since 2001-01-03

Posts 2597

7 posted 2001-01-30 10:57 PM

Hi Kethry,
Well, what's really you is poet, for one thing. Or is that one of your masks? I'd bet not. What else there is, is to be discovered by you. That's one of the purposes of my poetry "to discover who I am".
Excitement, pain, joy and on and on . . .
As you put it, "Write on".

krawdad

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

8 posted 2001-01-31 07:55 AM

Thanks everyone for reading and responding. I appreciate all of your comments.
be well and tell
Kethry

Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

9 posted 2001-01-31 02:14 PM

Enjoyed reading this Kethry...James

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

10 posted 2001-02-01 12:25 PM

Thanks James,
I appreciate it.
Kethry

Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.

Baby G
Junior Member

since 2001-01-28

Posts 39
Australia

11 posted 2001-02-01 12:51 PM

Wow your poem was so close to the truth for me it was unbelieveable! I think we not only have one mask but thousands, every person sees us differently!
I luv your work!

laryalee
Member

since 2000-06-19

Posts 352
Alberta, Canada

12 posted 2001-02-01 07:36 PM

Kethry - this is a gentle, poignant reflection - and hopefully it will encourage us to look beyond the masks of others, besides looking deeper into ourselves.
Very nicely done!
Lary

Temptress*Moon
Member

since 2001-01-15

Posts 240
Long Island, NY

13 posted 2001-02-01 11:22 PM

I enjoyed this one*S*
TemptressMoon*S*

I slept and dreamed that life was beauty was thy dream then a shadowy lie? -ESH-

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

14 posted 2001-02-02 06:05 AM

Thanks again everyone for reading and responding,
be well
Kethry

Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.

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