Mark that shack
veneered as a palace.
A mysterious one-track
byway from human race.
The weather-cock atop
in a fickle spin
welcomes to the shop
of a thousand twins.
Within-
A cornucopia of dissonant hoods
hung on every nail that could.
Consorting where they should,
the flesh, festoons, fragrance and flora;
feathers, flavours and flamboyant aura.
Not a mirror
or a façade familiar.
Not a repeat face
in that assortment somewhere.
Espouse your choice,
the medley is yours.
Just
veil the eyes
and gag that voice;
the hood stays on for years.
Waxing in tiers; aging
to a flaking paint
on an aching core.
Unrestored, you scar;
adrift, on the other shore.
In search of self
delving the shelves;
still helplessly shopping
at the mask maker’s store!
daer shnatnil. maskless
the self is not able to rface realit.
masked it suffers under the lie
what beautiful poetic expression of the being....
..Unrestored, you scar;
adrift, on the other shore.
In search of self
delving the shelves;
still helplessly shopping
at the mask maker’s store
so keep shopping for masks....
It is probably no mere historical accident that the word person, in its first meaning, is a mask. It is rather a recognition of the fact that everyone is always and everywhere, more or less consciously, playing a role. -Robert Ezra Park
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wow
really superb doc
enjoyed it a lot
congratulations on winning the contest
well deserved
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Thanks Madhvi for being here always reading and encouraging-Shantala
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wow another wonderful take on the mask
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excellent shantala
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Yashji,
My poem is complete now, after your review! Thanks-Shantala
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Sophie,


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shantalanil...............its a sad fact...........but fact............beautiful presentation unmasking the truth
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daer shnatnil. maskless
the self is not able to rface realit.
masked it suffers under the lie
what beautiful poetic expression of the being....
..Unrestored, you scar;
adrift, on the other shore.
In search of self
delving the shelves;
still helplessly shopping
at the mask maker’s store
so keep shopping for masks....
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It's wonderful!!! Loved it...yash
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great,,, thanks
a quote for you:
~CB
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