Masked casket

painted faces

reflect the pigmentation of shame

and the strings of anger are pulling

the logic to fall

desiccated rivers of desire

found no will to revive 

I sense an

unquenchable thirst for

love , peace

and everlasting ataraxis

 in the midst of reflection

I uncover the pseudo bubble of protection

to find myself snared

in a casket of

void and ticking clocks

of delirium

yet my bleeding soul

wears the hopeful smiles

to recover

to dream once again

I depart from reality

to embark on the fairy land

of hope

Author's Note

Reviews

[Leslie Philibert]

I read this as positive, a call for acceptance in the face of rejection ; excellent...

[Latifa]

thank you for reviewing Leslie

[Ruth]

The fairy land can bestow a return to some level of acceptance at times and is needed sometimes, hugs x

[Latifa]

thank you Poppy for the review

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we too often bury ourselves in our own protection...keeping our heart hidden...and our lives destitute of love.
we mourn ourselves...as we bury our heart away from others.

[Namrata]

The face wears way too many covers daily and you penned it quite nicely. Very eloquent.

[wordman]

I loved the word play in this write

[kublakhan27]

You have a great knack for unique word choices and lush evocations...those strings of anger always seem to hold fast against logic, try as one might to snap them...I relate to this in ways that are hard to explain...I suppose it has something to do with fake smiles hiding an embittered soul, though I wish I could depart from reality with the ease of this character...this one left me in a pondering mode for sure...great work :)

[Frieda P]

Eloquently pen'd, sounds like denial, and I love the use of ataraxis, you rarely ever read that in a poem...and the ' pseudo bubble of protection' is aces!

[Latifa]

thank you darling for the uplifting review

[Frieda P]

My pleasure, I'm well acquainted with that bubble. :)

[Sincerely Magazine]

This is a very beautiful and elegant piece, I enjoy how your words seem to float from one to the next. One of my suggestions is perhaps adding in a bit more punctuation or capitalization for emphasis, but without it is very ethereal.

Kieran Rundle

[Latifa]

thank you for the review and the notes

[Sincerely Magazine]

Anytime. :)
Kieran Rundle

[Cory Barrett]

the complexity of the piece is astounding. You have spent very valuable time on this, and the results show it. Wonderful piece

[Latifa]

thank you for the review Cory