»
Archives
»
Open Poetry #11
»
Hiding Behind The Mask
| Open Poetry #11 |
|
Hiding Behind The Mask |
|
rosepetals25
since 2000-05-31
Posts 3076PA 
|
Hiding Behind The Mask I wear the brightest smile for all to see. Sounds of my laughter flows from my lips. I dance, I talk, I socialize like one should But no one sees the pain hiding behind the mask. I take care of the people that I love. I be strong for the friends that need me I stand tall and proud offering what I can But no one sees the pain hiding behind the mask. I feel everyone’s eyes as the look and watch. I search for the love people say they have for me As they smile their smiles, moving on their way But no one sees the pain hiding behind the mask. I lay here at night, a chill in my heart My knees to my chest trying to keep it out As I frantically wonder how to keep people from Seeing the pain hiding behind the mask |
||
| © Copyright 2000 Tara Baldridge - All Rights Reserved | |||
|
Jesse Jaymz Senior Member
since 2000-01-24
Posts 708Youngstown, ohio |
hun *hugs* i know this feeling all to well. you hide behind your mask and i hide behind a plastic smile. i know our probloms might be differant but in a way we are the same. great peice hun. *huggles* love ya jesse Once upon a time there was a light in my life, now theres only love in the dark, There's nothing I can do, a total eclipse of the heart. |
||
|
VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Loneliness extremely well depicted. Surely there is a time when everyone has felt these feelings. Some, much too often. |
||
|
Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
You have a penned beautifully a common problem among so many that give in order to distract from their own pain. It seems to be a cycle of wanting your pain to be known but going to extreme lengths to keep it from being so. Wonderful write my friend. So nice to see you in here with us. A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses. author unknown |
||
Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
sometimes you can't. . . and then, there are those times that you think you've fooled everyone. . . but they see right through you. . . great poem rp. . . -------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
||
|
angelswing Senior Member
since 2000-02-10
Posts 705United Kingdom |
Throw down your mask ! Your true freinds will only become more strong from this, the ones who change, they arn't your freinds, so it doesn't matter what they think . I understand how you feel, it is difficult . Try to be yourself though whatever . Great poem, I loved it . Thanx . l.of.L. Tom . Don't try, do or do not, there is no try . - Master Yoda - |
||
|
rosepetals25
since 2000-05-31
Posts 3076PA |
Jesse - I know you of all people can understand. Thank you for stopping in and reading.. ~warm hugs~ VAS - I agree... these feelings have a habit of re-haunting. Thank you for stopping by. Mark - I'm glad to be back.. even if I'm not all the way back.. I am still not writing to much.. but.. I try to make an occasional appearence so you don't all forget me..hehe  I'm glad you liked it  Thank you.angelswing - That is soo much easier said then done... it's something I have been striving to do. Thank you for stopping by and taking time to read ~~Tara aka rp25 :o) |
||
|
Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
rp, Just be yourself. They will love you for you. You'll see my friend. LW Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
||
Masked Intruder
Moderator
Senior Member
since 1999-05-23
Posts 1231Near golden sunsets |
I know all about those dreadful masks. One for every occasion, perhaps even two. |
||
|
ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Thanks for letting me read about the pain behind the mask....Glad you have let it out here makes me realize that you have a tender heart......I'll cry with you but enjoy you while I do.......take care.....ethome |
||
|
EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
You have expressed this well. I, like many here, can well relate to this one. There will come a day when the masks are no longer needed, I hope yours comes soon. Take care!"The heart and soul have no illusion of boundries when friendship is the quest" ~ My Angel. |
||
|
|
⇧ top of page ⇧ |
|
| All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format. | ||
