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my masquerade
Contributed by
Cancer
on
Wednesday, 12th May 2004 @ 11:56:48 PM in AEST
Topic:
DarkPoetry
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the face i wear for you to see
has never belonged to me
but the face that i will show you now
is the truest of my lies somehow
a blanket of rust
on lacerated flesh
it drips with blood
it reeks of death
but if you stare too long
into those fading eyes
you'll see it simply
cannot die
this mask i wear
for masquerade
isn't one that i stole
or made
this face i show
to repulse the most
used to be me
now just a ghost
i'm not sure who i am these daze
blurred edges re-create the maze
i'm trapped inside, i can't get out
(but if you listen close, you can hear me shout)
THE MASK I WEAR FOR YOU TO SEE
HAS NEVER BEEN A PART OF ME
BUT THE HATE THAT I WILL SHOW YOU NOW
IS THE TRUTH I DISTRUST MOST SOMEHOW
i'm everyone
from time to time
but when i search for self
i cannot find
the parts of me
i left behind
when they showed me how wrong
they found my rights
now i wait inside
the prison of skin
that i long ago
locked myself in
behind this lie
i choose to stay
growing weaker
everyday
losing my grip on all that's real
acting a part that i don't feel
abandoned in an endless dream
that echoes with my tortured screams
DEAFENED BY MY OWN DAMN LIES
SO LOUD THAT THEY MUFFLE MY CRIES
I CAN'T EVEN REACH OUT FOR HELP
because i'm trapped within myself
everything i thought was me
was just a lie that i told me
don't know what is real anymore
with tears i write upon the floor
if i'm not me then who am i?
if i'm not real can i still die?
my only hope of letting go
this blood's the only truth i know
and as my blood pools on the floor
the lies don't matter anymore
and as numb fingers drop the blade
i say goodbye to my masquerade
Copyright ©
Cancer
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2004-05-12 23:56:48]
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Re: my masquerade
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by SocialMisfit on
Thursday, 13th May 2004 @ 12:01:50 AM AEST
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| wow man that is the best poem i have read on this site... keep up the good writes |
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Re: my masquerade
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by Freakazoid on
Thursday, 13th May 2004 @ 12:11:07 AM AEST
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| incredible you take out all the emotion of hid your true self inside |
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Re: my masquerade
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by Former_Member on
Thursday, 13th May 2004 @ 12:19:25 AM AEST
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| I am in a state of aw, this is the most powerful thing I have ever read. It reaced me on alevel I didn't even know I had. simply amazing. |
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Re: my masquerade
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by Former_Member on
Saturday, 15th May 2004 @ 05:04:14 PM AEST
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| wow. words cannot describe the truth and beauty in these words. i think im crying. it's so incredable. |
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Re: my masquerade
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by Ina on
Sunday, 6th June 2004 @ 12:50:33 AM AEST
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well this "scrawl" as you call it again had that SOMETHING in it. You play with stanzas and words, you experiment, and that is so important in poetry. I personally cannot stand Shakespearean stanzas. i go nuts!
awsome. |
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