Stripped
If you believe this gift you've got
should be dismissed as afterthought,
or, perhaps, a waste of time,
disclosing thought in metered rhyme ...
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... then any questions you might ask
will surely take your soul to task,
for everything you write with care
transcends the cosmos β takes you where...
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...few others vow they'll never go;
now, take my hand, c'mon β let's go!
Let's journey where the gods have basked,
like Nero's bards, our face unmasked.
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We all wear masks to hide the truth.
Thou sneaky, saddened, sullen sleuth ;
strip off your mask β come follow me.
Through masks the truth is hard to see.
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Just take my hand, again, I plea,
fly to the stratosphere with me.
Imagination's such a waste,
when what's suppressed has bitter taste.
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The real you shines, if it's allowed;
shake off the pain, dismiss the crowd.
Expression's never commonplace,
lest masks are used to hide your face.
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:)Β Competent write showing a flourish beyond the standard approach.
Good work.
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Keep up the great work.
All the best to you and yours.Β Β
Hi Dean, great poem. I especially like the first stanza but the poem as a whole speaks to me. I know you speak of masks in a different context, but I feel I have to wear one here on Cosmo. At least to hide my identity.Β
In reality though....I probably wear my mask to the outside world and definitely my employer.
A very relatable writeΒ
Take care - SydΒ
Thanks, Syd!
I sincerely appreciate the vote and pin, my friend.
I believe we all wear masks, at least to some degree. Especially around people we don't know all that well.
God knows I do.
I'm not really the eerie, creepy, undertaker looking fellow I portray here, or in my work. I'm laid back, fun-loving and very outgoing in real life.
Hell, I walk a seventeen-year-old Chihuahua weighing no more than 6 pounds all over town on a pink, rhinestone leash fer cryin' out loud!
You can't get any less menacing than that, heh-heh.
~Dean βΊ
You're welcome. Seventeen years old! That's old for any dog never mind a chihuahua.
- SydΒ
She's 98 years old in human years.
Yeah, she is an old lady, LOL!
Really mind blowing.. Mg.. Nice.thank you so much