We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refine
Life's brevity, so bittersweet,
depends upon just one heartbeat.
Brief as dusk an
What is love?
Love is a dangerous thing,
But once you find the one,
It al
I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly
You came into my life so quick
A beautiful friendship happened in a wink
My feeli
I Never Knew I Would Love You Like I Do
I never knew that I would love someone the way I love you.
You have opened the door to a
Now another day is breaking,
Sleep was sweet and so is waking.
Dear Lord, I promi
I loved her eyes, I loved her hair,
I loved her looks, I loved her stare.
I loved
A rose for every year,
many smiles for every tear
Way more of the first than ever
True friends are hard to find
But I knew you were the one
You're always so kind
