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Wear the Masks
We wear the masks to appease
appetites most would deny
borrowed from the unseen
then yelled from the rooftops
all too real except it’s not
imaginations running wild
denying more than what’s shared
while explaining mysteries
feeding rats inside of wheels
running circles without repeal
they’ll not know the finish line
even as the world is blessed
invoked inside cloistered shells
tendrils take what they may
bending wills that are contrite
when revelation comes at a price
shadows taken from the wall
ghosts of what came before
revenants desiring blood
from the souls born of stones
those labels worn without regard
the flesh dissolves in the end
leaving nothing more than masks
stating purpose without regrets.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20190321.
appetites most would deny
borrowed from the unseen
then yelled from the rooftops
all too real except it’s not
imaginations running wild
denying more than what’s shared
while explaining mysteries
feeding rats inside of wheels
running circles without repeal
they’ll not know the finish line
even as the world is blessed
invoked inside cloistered shells
tendrils take what they may
bending wills that are contrite
when revelation comes at a price
shadows taken from the wall
ghosts of what came before
revenants desiring blood
from the souls born of stones
those labels worn without regard
the flesh dissolves in the end
leaving nothing more than masks
stating purpose without regrets.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20190321.
Published 22nd Mar 2019
Author's Note
The poem “Wear the Masks” was very loosely inspired by the British science fiction supernature horror miniseries “Residue”.
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30th Mar 2019 8:35pm
Sometimes the mask is necessary to survive and if we wear it too long are features dissappear.
30th Mar 2019 9:39pm
I so agree with your statement! The realized life becomes a journey of juggling masks, with some hope that the truer ones are fully honored.
30th Mar 2019 9:45pm
