HallChall18: Mask

Masks [reblog from June 2019]

Since the beginning
Of this tangled electric madness,
This social soupy media mess,
I’ve been in a quandary
Over how much of me
To reveal to the galaxy
Of virtual strangers.
When alone at the keyboard,
It feels foolish to be phony,
As if I’m so important
That anyone will care
What I dare to share.
Why wear a mask
And maintain a facade,
When one slip of the tongue
Will give me away.
I learned a good lesson
From fibbers and fakers
That truth is a bargain
Against the time it will take
To keep frosting together
All the discordant pieces
Of a big liar cake.
But even so,
I find it hard to relate–
People don’t know me,
Though they’re not to blame:
On the remotest shelf,
I have masks that I wear
When I talk to myself.

~*~

Written for Tourmaline’s Challenge.

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