Masks

I wrote this sitting on a little bridge last spring. It's sort of about when you try to help someone, but things don't quite work out because... you're motivation wasn't quite right.

I'm glad to be of service

Though I remain unseen

And I'm glad to be of service

As the shoulder to a queen

And I'm glad to help you ground your feet

When you begin to fall

But if you drag me down with you

I'll be of no use at all

 

Wherever you go

You will find

A new face to hide behind

Well, I could be yours

If you don't mind

I'd try to see through the veils of time

 

I know that I'm no martyr

Because light is everywhere

And I do a service to myself

To run my fingers through your hair

And I'm glad to run beside you

When you're not too proud to call

But when nobody's shoutin

I know that I'm of no use at all

 

Wherever you go

You will find

A new face to hide behind

Well, I could be yours

If you don't mind

I'd try to see through the veils of time

 

I don't know where you've been

I don't know what you've seen

But I do know what it feels like to hide inside a dream

And to let that dream consume you to distract you from your pain

Only to roll over every mornin to find yourself the same again

 

Wherever you go

You will find

A new face to hide behind

And I could be yours if you don't mind

I'll try to see through the veils of time

 

 

Reviews

[R. Geier]

I guess I was pretty tired when I made this post so these are actually song lyrics. I like it as a poem (sometimes) but I think it might need some editing to stand without the melody.

[Miles Colella]

Nice poem. I'm not sure about the repetition of that one stanza. If you repeated it twice, maybe once in the beginning and then again in the end, maybe that would work better. im not a expert on poetry but ive seen that done before and it works well...then again maybe u dont wanna copy what everyone else does.

anyways, i loved the lines:
But I do know what it feels like to hide inside a dream
And to let that dream consume you to distract you from your pain
Only to roll over every mornin to find yourself the same again

I felt those lines really deep within, how people hide behind dreams to distract from reality. It touched me personally. Overall, great job!