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Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask

Am I good Ā or am I Ā bad?
Am I Happy or just Sad?
Whatever you might think or say
you only see what I portray.
Perhaps I am your better self
the one you strive to be,
or just a shadow of the image that I let you see.
I hide behind the words I speak,
The Ā smile so very Ā languidly,
with gentle ease ,appears in view..
but none of that is Ā meā€¦..
No one knows of all my fears
or things I aspire to..
You only know the person that
I care to show to you.
But is that any different from each of us I say?
Our face is janus and we never really know which way
we face,..is it the side that makes us someone Ā nice to know?
Or maybe not, but shows the face of one we should not show.
Can horror hide its thrust behind a painted smile?
and kindness be an empty move we practice for a while.
You donā€™t know me....
You never will....
Enigma is my name,
but Iā€™m in perfect company
as we are all the same.
Ā 
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StevieC

Hi Lodi, just reading through some of your past works and came across this one--I have no idea why it seems to have been totally overlooked- unless of course the image with it is off putting..I however thought that this is a really great piece! dealing with the darker side of peoples personalities- shockingly good!Ā 

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