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“Skin-tight Mask”
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“Skin-tight Mask” |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England 
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Something lurks behind the face that I have come to know… Something kept well-hid, away from me… Something that I hadn’t seen and thought you’d never show… It’s something that you don’t want me to see… The years go by and we accept our many ups and downs… Complacency becomes the daily fare… We look no deeper, satisfied with traits that we have found… And go our merry way, quite unaware… Then one day, you let it slip, and lose your old disguise… You turn into a stranger I can’t trust… You shed your old familiar skin before my very eyes… And I don’t want to face it, but I must… All these years the face I’ve known has worn a skin-tight mask… A mask I thought I knew, I thought I loved… Now it’s gone and I am faced with one more life-long task… To make one for myself, and put it on… Write on! -<--<--{(@ |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
yes sunny it is sad when you find out someone you love has not been truthful with you...i often wonder how people can be so cold and live with themselves..when they deceive so many..and than you have to wear a smile when you really feel like crying..HUGS..so i guess we all wear our masks once in a while.  ~Victoria~ A poem is never finished, only abandoned. - Paul Valery (1871-1945) |
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dragonpoe Senior Member
since 2000-11-12
Posts 608Palm Bay, Florida |
Oh Ho! How true this one rings for me!!! Said what I've been feeling quite well. Very well done. With the word, I am mighty, with the pen I am free.. dragonpoe |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Sunny1~ I'm sorry this happened......-SEA |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
~~~ Victoria ~~~ Yes..........I now believe that everyone has a mask.........some easier to detect than others. ~~~ dragonpoe ~~~ It seems to be familiar to a lot of people, Must be part of being human, or something. ~~~ SEA ~~~ So am I, my good friend.......  Write on! -<--<--{(@ |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Oh lil sis, I'm sorry, I really am. Oh what can I say, there's nothing really except, if nothing else at least you know the truth. Oh love my heart aches for you. I hope you're okay, and I'm sorry I'm such a lousy letter writer, I'll send you my love, and hope you're okay kid. Take care love Bubbles  Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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maxtec1 Senior Member
since 2000-12-09
Posts 577Garland, Tx |
Some times when the mask comes off we find ourselves with someone we never knew. Very good writing. love and light, Richard |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Well written dear friend. We all wear a mask of sorts at times, some unknowingly, others knowing full well; and sometimes what seems to have been a mask is nothing more than a change inside, something one has discovered about oneself they never knew; a new direction, a new life, and unfortunately, it doesn't include products of the old one. Don't know which is true here, but you wrote well of what you believe it to be, and my heart goes out to you. jwesley |
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kindasorta Member
since 2000-12-02
Posts 56 |
ya know, I think there is money to be made in this mask business, reckon??  Personally, what you see (and there are lots I hear) is what you get, up close and personal, but I have always been true to myself, unfortunately, a lot of people aren't, but everyone here is super, super nice and I'm sure we see the fine poets for who they truly are-no masks required-signs posted. Lovely, lovely write Sunny1-so true too, I've met a few. |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
some masks are innocous - some aren't - I'm sorry the one stripped before you wasn't - a great write - all the same |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Powerful piece, absolutely powerful! But, just maybe that 'stranger' is someone you'll love as well. Maybe the two people you evolve into can make the rest of your lives very special. Anything's possible, isn't it? Having lost in a relationship, I always hope others will find a way. To stay. |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Evening Sunny, Very strong writing Sunny, and a very meaningful message. Wish you the best, as always. BC |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Oh Sunny, I know just what you mean. How is it that we can not see the true person for such a long time. Amazing. Sorry you are in the midst of this misery. Love you S |
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Saunni Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 1777West Virginia |
Oh Sunny! I'm so sorry you hurt! So sorry! If you need anything don't hesitate to contact me. Sauni Sauni :) Have you ever known the color grey when the nighttime finds you weak I have, I've walked that road each time; that's where my angel sleeps |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Sunny, you know how to contact me if you want to chat... hugging you my friend... Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?... I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound. KRJ |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Come here twin of my heart...you know how much I love you...and what you mean to me...he is a well I cant say what here in polite company....just know he wasnt worthy of you darlin |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Let me at him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All I can say is that he doesn't know how much he has lost if he is willing to wear a mask of deceipt in front of a heart as loving as yours. You wear your mask if you must but know that I will still be able to see the real you because I know all too well the beauty in your heart and sould and the glow that comes just from your smile. hugs to you sis.......you know I love ya!!! A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses. author unknown |
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Ramses Junior Member
since 2000-12-14
Posts 40Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway |
Sunny... This poem is very good and do you know what? I think I wrote the next phase of your story in my poem "plastic you"...Look it up if you like and you`ll see what I mean...Anyway, beware of putting on that mask, you never know the consequences.... Love from Ramses |
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John R Member
since 2000-12-14
Posts 141Toledo OH |
I know this story all too well, only the masks change faces. If a dream touches us, it exists to us as anything else that touches us. John |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Sunny girl, sorry to know that this happened. Being betrayed by someone we care for is very hurtful and something that is hard to get over..ever floating winged ~HUGS~ your way my sweet friend Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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