I SWEAR I DONT KNOW

A poem...

I SWEAR I DON’T KNOW

 

Life gave me a mask

Appropriate for my world

Everybody helped me to fix it

Kindly they said “you must”

 

Instincts hate masks of evolutions

They loath masked civilizations.

Swelling power of the instincts

Crush the masks into shreds

 

Whenever I took away my mask

They called me nude, uncivilized..

I am jealous of monkeys, my forefathers!!!

Who enjoyed nudity of a genuine life.

 

Inside the mask I inhaled CO2

That my nose let out, in excess..  

Not finding the air to sustain life

My body ate what it execrated

 

I lived like a dead body

That expired many a time

Death after death I came out

Like a zombie waiting for another death.

 

Like a clown, like a robot

I am punctual and duty conscious

Like a slave, like an imbecile

I am obedient and afraid of change.

Like a doll I am precise

In wearing my mask in the morning

Though I took it away before sleep

In dreams I knew I am not free from mask

 

Oh my!! Now I do not even feel ..

That there is a mask on my face..

I swear I don’t know..

When did I fall in love with it.

I swear I don’t know…!!

When did it dissolve in my profile.

I swear….

Reviews

[Shalini Dinesh]

Sometime we do not know why we wear a mask but the answer is life forces us, maybe we can try being ourselves, cause there is no other joy or satisfaction than to be our self.....well written

[Miss Coral]

I honestly don't know if I fully understood this piece, especially towards th beginning. Technicality wise, I would suggest using my pronouns.. Otherwise, the piece seemed very well written to me. Nice job. c:

[deeps]

Wonderful write, but what is CO2? Enjoyable read.

[Ed Hart]

most excellent!