Masquerade

 

I erase the pain

I wrote on the page,

So no one will know.

 

I stifle the outbursts

Of sadness and rage,

So nothing will show.

 

I drink back the tears

From rejection and hate,

The promise of love

That entices too late,

And the lies of a heart

That demands that I wait,

So no one will know.

 

I paste on a smile

To cover the pain,

So no one will know.

 

I hold my head high

In the fits of rain,

So nothing will show.

 

I walk through my days

As if nothing were wrong,

Denying the hurt,

I pretend to be strong,

I cover my crying

With laughter and song,

So no one will know.

Reviews

[wizthom]

come here my love what the outside hides are lies of the truth living inside ,love ur honesty,peace wizthom

[Lydia Shutter]

"I cover my crying with laughter and song,
so no one will know."

The problem is, the pain and the crying eat up the person's insides. The emotions you have expressed so well here are intense....and disturbing. Very well written poetry. Lydia

[Maliya Erison]

This piece invoked so much passion and pain in me I had to read it out loud - several times. The way you write, and rhyme, is so brilliantly effortless, your conscious is absolutely delightful to wade through.

I cover my crying with laughter and song,
so no one will know.

Sometimes I find myself covering my pain with poem and verse, writing stories when I really should be writing down in a diary. So I identified so much with this piece, please post more of your lovely work!

[HeartnMind]

I do this tooo and its not a good thing. Noone should keep it all inside. But this is a good write.