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Blondie Member
since 1999-08-06
Posts 307Ohio 
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Mask What a lovely mask you're wearing I really can't complain It soaks up all the sorrow And even masks the pain. What an ideal way to block All the things you want to hide No one can ever tell All the hurt you feel inside. And no one understands And no one cares to see The trouble you have to go to Just to pretend to be. Eventually you hope You'll be able to throw it away But you wear your mask in sorrow And sit and wait until that day. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
"Eventually you hope You'll be able to throw it away. But you wear your mask in sorrow and sit and wait until that day." Very nice flow and a good message of hope. For it is when hope enters into our thoughts that the mask will begin to crumble. James |
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Blondie Member
since 1999-08-06
Posts 307Ohio |
When it crumbles then all will see The one and only true side of me  |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
I think we are all guilty of wearing masks and while they protect us and hide what is fragile inside sometimes we become too dependent on them as you have shown in your poem, a great poem. made me think, thanks. ------------------------ "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? " Douglas Adams. "Here chewing your tail is joy" Richey Edwards "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto |
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Blondie Member
since 1999-08-06
Posts 307Ohio |
Very true... For the masks will fade away one day Then what will we all have to say? |
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Cutie Putootie Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 54Ohio |
wonderful way to portray the masks we each put on daily. "If you live to be a hundred, I want to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you." |
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SpitFire Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396 |
~Blondie,...this is a wonderful recognition of what eventually has to come. You show your courage even just writing about it. Oh these masks they shield us from dealing with the reality of some situations, but really,...what's underneath probably has the strength somewhere to take it face on. *Have strength,...you're a great writer, I enjoyed this. *Peace. |
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Blondie Member
since 1999-08-06
Posts 307Ohio |
Spitfire~ Thanks so much for the encouragement it was well needed  |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Blondie, The mask is a necessity to cope at times, but only when we take it off can we truly face things and hopefully have the strength and will to be ourselves. Hope that day comes for you. I am sure you will be a better person for it in the end. Great piece. LW |
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netswan Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369Washington |
Hi Blondie - wonderful insightful poem. Masks, we all where masks to some extent. We have our social masks, and our work masks, are parental mask, and insecurity mask - But we must know that we are wearing them and can take them off when it is needed to show our inner self so we know the difference of what is pretend and what it is real Keep writing -) ~hugs from netswan |
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Blondie Member
since 1999-08-06
Posts 307Ohio |
Thanks so much for the wonderful responses, makes me feel much better |
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