the mask

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  • Gothic
    • selena
    • is trying not to drown in her own sorrow

    the mask
    THE MASK
    i hide behind a mask of formality
    of which it confines the constrains of which no emotion is allowed to be shown for even a single tear will earn me scorn of which there is no end
    the mask is my prison i alone reside there in its empty abyss where no light shines in long have i worn the mask afraid to show who truly wear is behind this that i wear for not even i know who is behind this makes anymore i long have i forgotten my own reflection in the mirror there it give me reason not to take the mask off for fear i will not like what i see in the mirror and thus the mirror is also my prison as well i don't know if i shall ever be able to take off such a prison for i have grown accustomed to it and now afraid of the light and the fresh air ! until such a time that i am set free by loves hand and even as such i do not know how i will fair out in the sun for the mask was all I've ever known.

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    wamomo commented on the mask

    01-06-2010

    Very deep write about one's own personal journey through the dark halls of self discovery!..Good job!
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    DeepEclipse commented on the mask

    09-09-2009

    Yep. The dark starts as a prison, then becomes a home you fight to keep. Ironic how sides switch. We get use to whatever we deal with, and sometimes it ends up becoming home. You pour the honesty well, the only thing I would say is that the structure of it makes it all run together without a break. Other than that, I like and relate to it. Many shades of madness i've called home...
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    Romano commented on the mask

    06-12-2009

    i love it, i have one called unveiling, very similar, get a chance check it out lemme know what you think
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    chadallac74 commented on the mask

    02-20-2009

    Very nice... the imagery was dark, but great.
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    nini2323 commented on the mask

    02-20-2009

    I really like this imagery
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    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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