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Masquerade

Youth runs hot, shinning souls consumed by desire.

On a search, they look for love to acquire.

But life walks by and shine does fade,

And all are in a masquerade.

 

It is as Heathcliff and his Kathy, they lost their love for pride.

If ether one had shown their face, would Kathy be his bride?

But life walks by and scars are made,

And all are in the masquerade.

 

Will you be as Ahab was, relentless for his whale.

If he had looked without his mask, would wind still hold his sails?

But life walks by and some do die,

And still goes on the masquerade.

 

Or will you be as the Phantom, searching for Christine.

But in the end it is Christine that finds true beauty hidden.

But life walks by and some scars fade.

And still some play the masquerade.

 

I beg you live your lives with passion, don't give yourself to fear.

For it is in  life's darkest hours that true beauty does appear.

To look beyond life's ugly scars, to see a heart in all it's pain...

And love despite.

 

 

Do search you for your strange duet, and be not afraid to lift his mask.

For therein is where true beauty lies... And life walks by.

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Feb 3, 2013
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