Masks
A few have asked for an example from my creative writing class.
Here goes...be gentle!
A mask fits mysteriously well
though offers only momentary hope.
The mold may match but
most never marvel at the one beneath,
only mistakenly believe the masquerade.
The façade sings a siren’s song,
mesmerizing you,
to veil mercy with malice,
disguise mediocrity through might,
screen meekness by mimicking the media’s masculinity.
What happens as the security of the mask minimizes?
You live in the midst of expectations.
Maintaining another’s motions,
mislead from the mountain and the meadow of thy true self,
marooned in the middle of the mud,
never meditating as a mantis,
making choices all alone.
Misplaced memories of merry times
of meatloaf, mashed potatoes, mother’s smile,
reminds you of the manner lived,
when the mask portrayed no mixed up intrigue,
when the inside mattered most.
OK, the prompt for this one forced me to use M words, just to let you know...
Here goes...be gentle!
A mask fits mysteriously well
though offers only momentary hope.
The mold may match but
most never marvel at the one beneath,
only mistakenly believe the masquerade.
The façade sings a siren’s song,
mesmerizing you,
to veil mercy with malice,
disguise mediocrity through might,
screen meekness by mimicking the media’s masculinity.
What happens as the security of the mask minimizes?
You live in the midst of expectations.
Maintaining another’s motions,
mislead from the mountain and the meadow of thy true self,
marooned in the middle of the mud,
never meditating as a mantis,
making choices all alone.
Misplaced memories of merry times
of meatloaf, mashed potatoes, mother’s smile,
reminds you of the manner lived,
when the mask portrayed no mixed up intrigue,
when the inside mattered most.
OK, the prompt for this one forced me to use M words, just to let you know...
posted by Toph at 2:52 PM
4 Comments:
you're a beautiful writer.
thanks for sharing!
love it! ...waiting for the rest of them now!
awsome......
As you, oh grand Greek scholar must know already, that the word for actor in Greek literally translates to mean exactly: "To speek behind the mask" or something along those lines. That is the same word where English derrives hipercrit. And there are just two kinds of people I hate: hipercrits and people who don't use spel cheeck.
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