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Dazzle of Life’s Bane
Perception is left behind
even as the light is shown
in the brilliance of the mask
worn to show what lays beyond
an awful truth that most reject
in their span of sheltered lives
spun with intent to isolate
against the blaze of augury
still the glare is pursued
by like travelers of the same
stamped upon features cast
hinting what may follow forth
now eclipsed by countenance
in the dazzle of life’s bane
denying nothing in the midst
of those wishing to look away.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20190726.
even as the light is shown
in the brilliance of the mask
worn to show what lays beyond
an awful truth that most reject
in their span of sheltered lives
spun with intent to isolate
against the blaze of augury
still the glare is pursued
by like travelers of the same
stamped upon features cast
hinting what may follow forth
now eclipsed by countenance
in the dazzle of life’s bane
denying nothing in the midst
of those wishing to look away.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20190726.
Published 28th Jul 2019
Author's Note
The poem “Dazzle of Life’s Bane” was inspired by a lovely drawing of a floating woman with fire has a head.
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