Behind the Mask

I was in a really dark mood...

Blood leaks from my torn stitches

Echoes of memories are still ringing out in my head

Here in this place, this dark and awful place

In my own dreams I still cannot escape it

Nothing stares back at me in the mirror when I take it off

Don’t look at me, look away from the mask

 

The thing behind the mask, it can’t be me, can it?

Help me, save me, stitch me up, patch me back together

End my suffering, take away my pain, end my life!

 

Mask of my feelings, mask of my hopes, mask of my murders

Afraid I fall to my knees, this is not my face

See the darkness behind its eyes? Do you see it?

Kill me, God, I beg you! Take away this mask sewn by lies!

 

There must be something else! Tell me!

Heroes of old removed their masks; their faces lay beyond the gloom

Enlighten me! What have I done to lose my face to this wretched thing?

Reaper! Come to me! Take me away to a place where no one can see this horrible thing!

Echoes of voices I know but do not recognize torture me

 

Is there no hope for someone like me?

Someone with no face, no face behind the mask

 

No, no, it can’t be true this isn’t happening!

Outside of the face is the mask, this laughing thing is not me!

 

Facade, fake, fraud! This mask is not my face!

Ashen skin, plaster smile, lifeless, laughing eyes, it can’t be mine

Can it really be me, this plastic horror?

End it now, it is me. This mask is my face, laughing wretch, there is no face behind the mask, the mask is my face.

Author's Note

I'm not really sure about this, I don't really like it, some of the lines are really long.... I was in a dark mood for some reason, I just needed some venting... Anyway, any feedback/criticsm is greatly appreciated!

Reviews

[Lincoln Bey]

I love this. I don't have anything useful to say about it, but I love it.

[The Scholar]

It's brilliant! reminds me of The Man in the Iron Mask . . .

[Coyote Poetry]

Sometime we see a different face then the world does. In the end if someone hold on to hate and mistreatment. Their real face will appear one day. No weakness in the story in this poem. A amazing ending to a outstanding poem.
Coyote

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goe..]

Really emotional acrostic poem!
I feel this way so many times.

[EMMIE]

"Don’t look at me, look away from the mask" GRRRREAT LINE! I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THIS. IT'S GOT SPUNK, IT'S GOT EMOTIONS. IT'S GOT DARKNESS, IT'S CREATIVE AND UNIQUE. THIS IS A STRONG PIECE! YOU SHOULD LOVE IT!