Masquerade

With what accent will you
whisper behind your gilded
disguise? Carnival vespers call
your name with raucous abandon.

Garishly primped and paraded
these free-wielding identities
prance about behind
anonymity, hoping to
be dramatically unmasked
in a flurry of jaded surprise.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i have to tell you icelandicblue...my relation to this poem is in thinking of websites like this one...and how many different personas some come onto a site embracing..

one person gets to be as many people as he or she wants to...and often times each different mantra has a completely different personality from the others.

and too often, we use those names to hide behind in order to cause chaos or to wield meanness...but often it is just because we have all those different sides to us...and we want each one to have its own identity..

[icelandicblue]

I could not agree with you more. We are fractured and masks allow some shards to run amok.

[BlueDreams]

Great choice of words..
The meaning is just deep in this piece :)

[icelandicblue]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[Sami Khalil]

"these free-wielding identities
prance about behind
anonymity, hoping to
be dramatically unmasked
in a flurry of jaded surprise."
A great write full of paraded beauty...:)

[icelandicblue]

Thank you so much Sami!

[Sami Khalil]

My pleasure...:)

[Frieda P]

I have a few from Venice but most are just hung about my face. Hardly ever use an accent though, unless completely necessary, hard enough to understand people as it is. Charming read, love it, and the pic.

[icelandicblue]

Thanks Frieda-I've always wanted to go to Venice. I'll get there eventually. Thanks for the read.

[Frieda P]

You must go one day, it's beyond words, Italy is grand. My pleasure.

[Jack...]

I too wear these masks my friend, at least in my mind I do, but the anti-climatic end to my story would be, once someone removed the mask, all they would find is me. And they would probably laugh and say, "that's who I thought you were." Very nice, so many different scenarios can be read into this short piece of perfection.

[icelandicblue]

The meaning of the poem is very often in the eye of the beholder. All of us wear masks virtually and literally. Thanks for your thoughts.

[AdorableDreams]

Lovely, I like the pic in the beginning!

[icelandicblue]

Thanks so much!

[AdorableDreams]

No problem:-)

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Loved the image of this one...it was one big, well done image with the clever use of wording and phrasing.

Such a metaphor here, as well...we all do this a little in our lives. We parade around in our masks, hiding little bits and pieces of ourselves, when really what we are hoping for is to be "dramatically unmasked". Well done!

[icelandicblue]

You are most certainly right. Thanks so much for your thoughtful review.

[Kristin Lee]

Such an interesting feel to this one. Behind the mask a person walks with stolen power and grace filled anonymity, and yet the real face, as you say, hopes to be unmasked...almost makes you wonder, why wear the mask at all? Beautiful and thought provoking write up.

[icelandicblue]

You've taken the poem and embellished it in a most wonderful way. Why indeed? I think it's all part of the dance. Thanks so much for your review.