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Beast Mar 2018
In times of trouble and insanity
I carry masks to disguise
the pain I carry
secure behind my eyes

I can never let out again
the misery I hide
to hell with my dignity
to hell with my pride

from this day forward
and forever more
I will mount this mask
that will be my lore

No reaching out when I am weak
no solace will I seek

when you look for answers
when you say your prayers
all you will see is masks
and no pain that I bare
Sometimes not telling anyone is just easier than telling everyone.
Dezzie Hex Mar 2018
Let me see your eyes
Run to me with your mask off
My mind is ready
Rebecca Sorenson Mar 2018
Sounds of static,
fill my head,
a constant buzzing,
a growing dread

Cheerful laughs,
gloomy smiles,
anxiety and depression,
building piles

A mask, I wear,
to hide the old me,
few have met him,
few have the key

I hate myself,
though no one knows,
they only see my screen,
a happy face shows

I’m ashamed of who I am,
and the mask that I wear,
the things that I’ve done,
and the things that I’ve shared

No one can see my pain,
and honestly, I’m okay with that,
no one needs to worry,
to think I’m but a spoiled brat

My mask is my lore,
my mind, impaired,
my heart, fractured,
but I’m okay, I swear
Masako Feb 2018
If I had one more chance to say I love you;
I would-
the words of my mouth have been lost
in the hands of a falling soul;
myself

If I could place your heart in my hands;
it would be selfish of me
though, now raids the guilt
of letting it be so

If I could tell you sorry;
I would-
for my heart aches of the pain
you have suffered by my love
my mouth remains shut..

My words of a lost mind
may find you
if they do-
I apologize~

Sincerely,
A Broken Mask
BelNadia Feb 2018
SIN
She made murals from the red flowing off her hands.
Every splatter a deeper shade.
Her cadaver looked like an old relic, adorned with cuts and scratches, weathered from years of savagery.
Every scrape on her hide created a deeper gouge in her diminishing heart.
She etched her pain deep into the walls, just like the nightmares in her conscious.
She relived her pains every night, calling out for mercy, as if she was the sinner.
But oh she wasn't, because she was the sin.
They called her 'The Lady in Red', she was anything but.
Outside she wore a mask of sinful allure but her insides were ashes and her soul drowned in black.
 
Every splatter she made with her ichor, she wished for cessation, for her pain to end.
 
But, alas, she had to do it herself.
 
She stepped into the grave, face burning with salty trails, her throShe made murals from the red flowing off her hands.
Every splatter a deeper shade.

Her cadaver looked like an old relic, adorned with cuts and scratches, weathered from years of savagery.

Every scrape on her hide created a deeper gouge in her diminishing heart.

She etched her pain deep into the walls, just like the nightmares in her conscious.

She relived her pains every night, calling out for mercy, as if she was the sinner.

But oh she wasn't, because she was the sin.

They called her 'The Lady in Red', she was anything but.

Outside she wore a mask of sinful allure but her insides were ashes and her soul drowned in black.

Every splatter she made with her ichor, she wished for cessation, for her pain to end.

But, alas, she had to do it herself.

She stepped into the grave, face burning with salty trails, her throat acidic with the words she never said.
Rebel Heart Jan 2018
I'm convinced blue is cursed
That same color reflected in your eyes
Blue lures me in and drowns me
It shatters what's left of my disguise
(The beginning to a long tribute to an old memory...Written 1/26-8/2010 by RH... Happy writing ~BM)
I Don't Know Jan 2018
We're all kissing through masks
close, yet still
choosing to keep hidden
Personal, yet
oh so far away
Bodies touching delicately;
minds lightyears apart
Y Obs Jan 2018
In borrowed cities
We take off our masks
We ironically wear home
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