The Mask
I remember your black mottled face,
a face devoid of human intelligence;
your sleepy eyes peeping out like flickering candles,
thick,bulbous lips protruding like blistered coal,
gaudy mismatched clothes hanging around your bloated body,
unkempt smelly hair sticking out like porcupine quills,
a disgusting barbarism oozing out from your prominent veins.
I also remember that terrifying fateful night;
gigantic tongues of fire gobbling up a ruined building,
a frightened child crying,trapped and suffocated by viscous smoke;
you jumped bravely into the circle of Satan's hell,
and rescued the light of my life,my only child.
Tears of repentance flooded my ashamed eyes,
shattering away the mask of delusive superiority;
It was then I saw the real you,
a diamond shining through the murky darkness;
what a wonderful person you are !.
Copyright © Ravi Rajan | Year Posted 2005
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