Sometimes I feel alone,
Secluded in my thoughts and heart
While there are people all around me;
But I’ve learned to play the part.
Sometimes I feel so forlorn,
Although my face does sport a grin.
The tears well up inside me,
And stay stuck beneath my skin.
Sometimes I feel so empty
When my life’s so full of tasks.
The day’s so rushed – it beckons me
To unveil my shallow mask.
So next time you pass me on the street
And I look so full of pride,
Remember: my alive and happy face
May be hiding a cheerless inside
- AF
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Your poem reminds me of a poem a friend of mine once wrote, about a circus clown whose job it is to entertain people all day, but when the clown goes home at night, she cries because she's lonely and sad and no one understands because all they see is her happy persona.
I think we all walk around with a mask on. It's the only way to really get through life; the world cannot handle people who constantly show exactly how they really feel. And if we let our feelings run our lives, many of us would soon cease to be functional. So, while it is not fun to wear a mask, to pretend that things are fine and push on when really you feel like you're collapsing inside...sometimes it's really the only option.
I hope you can find a friend who is trustworthy and kind enough for you to feel comfortable taking off your mask.
I completely agree with you about the mask thing. It's really hard to take it off because that means you really trust a person. Lately I've trusted way too many people and have just gotten hurt as a result.
What I'm really looking for, I think, is to be able to trust. How does one take off their mask without trusting? Or what about when you think you trust the person, and then they just hurt you?
It's hard to pretend you feel one way when you really feel another. It's like sometimes I itch to show my true colors. But it's like, darned if you do, darned if you don't. Agree?
Sorry for the long delay--I was away for a week, and I didn't have computer access.
Yes, I agree. It is very hard to pretend to be feeling something you're not, and it's sometimes painful to hold in everything you want to share but are too afraid to show. You really are darned if you do and darned if you don't.
Still, I like to keep in mind a quote I once read years ago--"You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting." (Robert Heinlein) Trust too readily can hurt you, but not trusting at all hurts you as well.
who's AF?
AF are the initials of the person I have to give credit to for that poem.
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