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tuffluv66
Member

since 2011-05-13

Posts 121
Iowa, U.S.A.

0 posted 2011-08-01 05:52 PM

Behind this mask of happiness

is the pain that I've hidden so well.

A complicated second lifestyle,

that's an amalgamation of moments of hell.

Distorted realities that tear and rend

at my heart and my very soul;

to leave me feeble and incapacitated,

seems to be their only goal.

The abrupt appearance of happiness,

is a temporary and brief respite;

it dissolves into an all-encompassing bleakness

that is so much darker than night.

Is this a temporal aspiration of love

destined to try to ease my pain,

or just another fleeting moment,

to help fill up my cup with disdain?

Maybe a thoughtful apparition of hope,

to lead me from a darkness without light;

carefully enfolded in the loving arms

of someone who will give me delight.

To dispel the heartache and hopelessness

and to show me what true love can be.

With a smile that radiates pure happiness

you finally came and set my heart free

Angel4aKing
Senior Member

since 2006-09-27

Posts 1372
USA

1 posted 2011-08-01 05:56 PM

I will definitely be adding you to my private library ..... hope you won't mind me sending a few e-cards....

~~~kingsangel~~~

tuffluv66
Member

since 2011-05-13

Posts 121
Iowa, U.S.A.

2 posted 2011-08-01 05:58 PM

I would be honored.

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

3 posted 2011-08-01 06:11 PM

It's amazing how tortuous a mask can be... and yet, this is something we do to ourselves. One must be careful no to lose themselves while donning said mask as well. In the end, one has to question if it's really worth it.

Nicely done.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2011-08-01 06:33 PM

Get out of my head...that hit way too close to home! That would make it a 10 in my books.
Lori

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

5 posted 2011-08-01 07:24 PM

Enjoyed your poem.
Thank you for posting it,
ebonygirl

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2011-08-01 08:18 PM

I love happy endings. tuffluv66.
Ida

Prasad Nataraj
Senior Member

since 2008-05-29

Posts 1149
Bangalore,India

7 posted 2011-08-02 02:59 AM

Fine writing, glad it all ended well. Masks sure are of various kind, some we wear for ourselves and the others we wear for people around us.

"The secret behind survival of mankind is kindness and love within our hearts"

Marilyn
Member Elite

since 1999-09-26

Posts 2621
Ontario, Canada

8 posted 2011-08-02 07:41 AM

Is this a temporal aspiration of love

destined to try to ease my pain,

or just another fleeting moment,

to help fill up my cup with disdain?

Not a chance. Your stuck with me.

tuffluv66
Member

since 2011-05-13

Posts 121
Iowa, U.S.A.

9 posted 2011-08-02 08:54 AM

I don't think that stuck is the right word:
desire, want, need, just like the air I breath, you are a requirement.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

10 posted 2011-08-05 12:32 PM

I've always liked the song "Tears of a Clown" and know well you can wear a smile but not feel it. I love the happy ending you've written here! *S*

tuffluv66
Member

since 2011-05-13

Posts 121
Iowa, U.S.A.

11 posted 2011-08-05 05:37 PM

I've learned to let all see the turmoil as well as the happiness.

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