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!
In The Shadow Of Your Warm Love
In the shadow of your warm love
I feel so safe and secure,
And your soft, caring
Just for today,
Can we forget about race,
Colour, religion
I am worthy. There is nothing
that can or will happen today that
could convince m
I wake up every day with your smile on my mind.
It's a beautiful sight to behold, so soft
The people upstairs all practice ballet
Their living room is a bowling alley
Thei
life is confusing
for all of us
no matter how small or how big
we all hav
I love how we
tease each other with
tantalizing words
throughout the day;
You Have Shattered Every Memory Of Us
You have drowned every emotion of us,
Held it underwater until it could no longer breathe
When times are hard, you might stop for a bit,
But it's not over until the moment you qui
Sometimes I get lonely
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
Always connecting but not con
