We Wear The Mask for Maddelirium by julesart
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Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
We Wear the Mask
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!
Thank you for this beautiful girl! i love working with her! Apologies for taking a bit longer to post.
Comments (32)
rbowen
Beautiful work!
HeatherT
A wonderful portrait and a brilliant poem!