The Mask
The curtain of clouds has cleared
The sun lights the stage
A new day, a new act will be staged
All of us are wearing masks
The show has begun
Acting is our forte
Sometimes we are a child
Crying out for attention
In another scene we are parents
Teaching our children
An employee at the office
Or a spouse at home
The show is a thriller
With a host of surprises
It has action and emotion
Humour and suspense
You can have popcorn
and coke during the show too
We get carried away in our roles
An emotional roller-coaster
The scenes keep changing
And new actors appear
Time just fleets by
And we have grown old
When will you throw that mask away?
How long can you hide behind that shadow?
Suppressing your true self
The curtains will soon fall
And the sun will set
Come out of that cocoon
And live life carefree
© copyright skm, 27th June, 2011
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THis is beautiful…super awesome!!
Hi Ram – thanks:)
I liked the last paragraph “come out of the cocoon and live life carefree”. I think in our human physical world this is not possible to complete but perhaps when our bodies go to rest, our souls will complete the journey of being carefree!
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Hi Terrans – Yes, it is a pity that even though our essential nature is freedom and bliss we bind ourselves. Thanks for the comment:)
Hi there! I just showed your site to everyone here at http://MyNYCBirthday.com and we all want you to know how very impressed we are with your work. Not only it is well-written and creative, but the imagery is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this with the entire world, and we will all be eagerly looking forward to reading more of your work in the future (also, on a personal note, I love the picture of the mask!)
Hi MyNYCBirthday – thanks so much for those kind words of appreciation. You are most welcome here:))
Life is a stage and we are but actors. If only all of us could lead it sans expectations and worries.
thought provoking poem sanjeev ..
I wish we could live care free,
throwing away the masks of life!
But again this is life and it is our duty to keep it at times
to make others happy
who are around us !!
Thanks bharatchandran:))
Yes!! All of us are wearing masks!
do we need that? Yes… depend on situation…. and the only one who without mask is the unthinkable… your poem really enlightening!!! people should have a self realization by reading this. 🙂
Thanks mpucukilalang:))
“The curtains will soon fall
And the sun will set
Come out of that cocoon
And live life carefree”
Loved these lines a lot. Beautiful poem!
Thanks for your visit Sanjeev and motivating words.
Do keep visiting:-)
Thanks Deepa:)) you have a wonderful blog
beautiful….!!
Thanks magiceye:)
Life does feel like a big show. Getting into your own character is sometimes the hardest thing when other roles seem so much more important or look better. Enjoyed your poem.
Thanks Ravenblack:)
quite an insight and so true … beautifully written.
Thanks Baishali:)
masterful.
welcome and happy rally.
🙂
Thanks Jingle:)
Great message here. We so often live our lives pretending to be somebody else, we even sometimes play differently in front of different people… I think we should finally give it up and just be ourselves, not trapped behind our masks. Well put in your poem! 😉
Thanks Magdelina:)
I love the concept of this poem well done!
Thanks mindlovemisery:))
Life’s a stage, but do we have to be actors? Good word.
Thanks Ector:))
Yes life is a play. The key to happiness is realising this and just having fun! I am attempting to throw away my mask and step outside of the play, but it isn’t easy.
What a beautiful poem. Awesome 🙂
I loved the way the cloud curtains parted and the sun shown on the stage for masked actors playing their part. A nice way of putting it.