We wear the Mask..

[lonely_me]

We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes--
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile
And mouth with myriad subtleties.


Why should the world be over-wise.
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
we wear the mask.


We smile, but our cries
from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile
but let the world dream otherwise,
we wear the mask!

Paul Dunbar...

[Consider]

I liked that. For some reason.

[lonely_me]

I liked that. For some reason.

glad you did. For whatever.