Masquerade
She wears her masks
Of happiness and joy
So convincing is she that everyone asks
“Is there ever a moment you don’t enjoy?”
Though she always asks herself
The very opposite question
The jar of tears she keeps on a shelf
In her guarded mind with her depression
Always showing her forced smiles
She cowers behind them
Her life filled with emotional guiles
The only part of her flower left is the stem
Her once bright sun has long since faded
But who is this “she”?
Who holds her own masquerade?
This “she” - this jester – is me
Information of the poem
- Author: Emi (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: March 20th, 2011 20:03
- Category: Sad
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March 20th, 2011 21:50
I can relate so well to this one... truly....
Smiling just because you don't wanna answer the reason of the tears and yet again facing the curiosities of why so much of smiles....
No one realizing all the tears and cries and shouts within the spreading smiles.....
Just spoke my heart! loved it! thanks for writing such a wonderful piece which i can so well relate to! :):):)
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March 20th, 2011 21:52
Awww thank you ever so much! :)
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March 20th, 2011 22:02
Beautifully expressed and very, very sad. Your symbolism and metaphors of cowering and jar of tears, headless flower, faded sun and merely jester, excellently depict the situation. Shared by many, doubtless, unfortunately. Very well expressed.
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March 20th, 2011 22:06
Thank you. :)
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March 22nd, 2011 14:45
Very nice writing.
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March 22nd, 2011 15:17
Thank you. :)
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June 3rd, 2011 22:48
When you write your poems, I don`t know why, but I feel like you`re talking to me personally. It feels as if everything you write about, is everything that I feel. And it is. It`s very ironic, but I love that about your poems. I really appreciate you sharing them with me, and everyone else :`D
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June 3rd, 2011 22:49
Thank you. :) And I appreciate you reading them! :)