A MASQUERADE

Masks are what we show

to others around us,

masks are what we use

to be what they need.

Masks are what they want

for us to show to them,

masks are what they kiss

and masks are what they hate.

Masks are which receive

the promises of love,

masks are which are told

the day of reckoning will come.

Masks are what I have worn

and masks are what I am,

a multitude of people

for a multitude of people,

and I have no face

to call my own,

for that one mask

I have lost.

06.02.2023

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