Behind my mask my soul is deep
And my thoughts tumultuous roll
And many are the secrets I keep
Buried deep within my soul
Yet for the world I must smile,
And Bide my time for yet awhile
Behind my mask, all is dark
Shadowed thoughts on shaded earth
Outside I sing like sun kissed lark
Inside I lament my own birth
So it is shadow I hide behind the mask
And keeping it veiled is my task
It is woe that I hide with my smiles,
Black and grim, powerful deep,
My joy staunched by what sorrow defiles
And by the secrets that I keep
It is Sorrow that I hide behind this cover,
Keeping truth from friend and lover
Inside I dance in darkness all alone
In the void without friend or home
Dancing to grim and gloomy tone
Clad in creeping shade veiled foam
It is a dark, lonely soul that I hide
To which none I can Confide
This is my mask, this is my life
Unknown to all is my black sorrow
Hidden from all is my dark strife
As Dancing alone I face the morrow
This Is my Mask, Veiling me from sight,
Concealing my spirit, as black as night
By Analexii
Author notes
A bit more grim than most of my stuff, but whatever.
A contest entry
- Behind The/My Mask by willowprincess.
525 points, ended March 2, 2007, 26 entries
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Comments
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Awesome!
Inside I dance in darkness all alone
In the void without friend or home
Dancing to grim and gloomy tone
Clad in creeping shade veiled foam
It is a dark, lonely soul that I hide
To which none I can Confide
This is my mask, this is my life
Unknown to all is my black sorrow
Hidden from all is my dark strife
As Dancing alone I face the morrow
This Is my Mask, Veiling me from sight,
Concealing my spirit, as black as night
I can truly relate to this!
Thanks for entering!
Good luck!
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Suburb
i liked how you talked about dancing that went well with the poem.You told me about how it felt in the darkness,so you followed the rules,i loved how you used sun kissed in line 9,there's not anything i hate or dislike about you poem,you did a job well done.
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great job. sometimes we don't really know what lies behind someone's smile. i can totally relate to this poem. great job, and good luck.
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Wow.
wow. I really like it. It has a great tempo and awesome rhyming. Keep on wrinting.
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