Why Do you Wear A Mask?

We wear masks of onyx and sapphire

To hide the shadowed moons under our eyes

But they can’t hide the bruises marring our skin

Over arms and legs emaciated by time and lies

 

They judge us even as their masks slip to reveal

What they truly are— something much more vindictive

Hearts of ice to weave death and destruction like the sweetest symphony

Voices like satin to cover their lies make them all the more addictive

 

Behind our veils of impervious truth our blackened gaze

Springs forth tears of diamonds for all those caught

In their snare of fixation and deceit that refuses to release

Their souls of lead and sand that are forever more good for naught

 

And so we wear the masks of onyx and sapphires

That hide the shadowed moons under our eyes

To protect us from this world that turns our wings

To dust and ignores our soul shattering cries

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Geminair]

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