The Mask

To Smile would be to betray my heart

To Laugh would hurt every muscle in my body

To make conversation would be idle and only a dispersion of time

To dream would only lead my thought back to you

So it is inevitable that I remember

And relive the vivid moments

Each illuminate smile and tender Hug under love's sublime ruling of my heart

Each reminiscent second dividing and subdividing the remaining fractions of my being

The unknown frailties of the heart will remain as they are

As I tuck them away and don my mask to face the world.

Too proud to show the bruises heartbreak has dealt me

I wear the Mask I have created for myself

A façade that continues to smile through Tribulation and Trouble

Heartache and Failure.

I arise and face the world mask in hand.

Consumed by my desire to overcome

Embodied my need to succeed

I face new tomorrows with a newfound revelation,

That behind this mask lies a woman with

Destiny at her fingertips and Life in the palm of her hand.

Do you where the mask?