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Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

0 posted 2001-06-18 10:51 AM

peel me off, he exhorted,
for there is more truth
hidden in the deep,
underneath
beneath the facade
of hideous blackness
that I show off
in pretense.

there is greatness
waiting to be pushed out
and released to this world
and what's within needs to shine
and thereby shred
the dark cover's hide

skin me like a potato
and make the food
make appealing gestures
to the hungry hearts,
for now, the time has come
to unmask your true self

it is time that
people begin to know
the real you
unmask your mask
unmask me

!

"I was born intelligent - education ruined me"

[This message has been edited by Sudhir Iyer (edited 06-18-2001).]

brian madden
Member Elite

since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

1 posted 2001-06-18 02:37 PM

Your pen sings truth again.

THe masks we wear,
when did we first play
their facade?
in our elder years
or maybe in the crib,
we careful selected our roles.
The masks we wear,
can they become our new faces
is identity solid or simply transitory?
Beware these guises that you select
they may be the one you wear until death.

"Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life". Terry Pratchett

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

2 posted 2001-06-19 12:26 PM

Wonderful response... my friend, brian...

it's been quite a long while since I posted in Dark...

thanks for responding...

regards,
sudhir

"I was born intelligent - education ruined me"

BitterSmoke
Member

since 2001-01-02

Posts 54

3 posted 2001-06-20 03:30 PM

Right with you man. Good write.

Isis
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

4 posted 2001-06-20 07:57 PM

It has been a while hasn't it?
But the poem is spot on, we all need to peel off the false layers once in a while, the masks, the pain etc.
bravo hon, always loved your style...
Isis

*The greatest warrior is one that does not need to fight* ~Isis~

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

5 posted 2001-06-21 12:49 PM

Bittersmoke, thank you very much...

Isis, your kindness is overwhelming... Thanks a lot...

Regards,
sudhir

"I was born intelligent - education ruined me"

Verve
Member

since 1999-06-23

Posts 348
Singapore

6 posted 2001-06-22 09:56 AM

If only we could all do without such masks...
Your words are so true ... yet it is a sad truth.

I really enjoyed this read though. Nice work.

~verve

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

7 posted 2001-06-22 01:21 PM

Thanks a lot, verve...

regards,
sudhir

"I was born intelligent - education ruined me"

EagleOne
Member Elite

since 2000-03-07

Posts 2829
Between a laugh and a tear...

8 posted 2001-06-26 03:59 AM

An honour to have your work back amongst us. An excellent description, we wear far too many of those masks!

"Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our
feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly." ~unknown

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