Brian Strand Poet Verse

A Pretence

What say you
now..
what likeness
do you display today..
what image
do you contrive..
which trademark
will you leave
for others to ponder-
will it be tempered
by love or
merely
a paraphrase
of the truth
which you so carefully
conceal..
I'm intrigued
I only ask..
is there someone real
behind that mask?

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Heidi Sands September 30, 2017 at 6:52 AM I like this poem Brian. Well done :) Brian Strand September 30, 2017 at 7:31 AM Thanks Heidi

Aqua Marine September 30, 2017 at 2:56 AM And people who watch, like voyeurs, prefer to see the masks worn in Greek plays- tragedy and humour. Are there real people behind those masks- player or spector? For when the truth is spoken, it is robed in individual ambivalence...and given black/ white thumbs up/ thumbs down...I find your poems thought-provoking...Thank You! Brian Strand September 30, 2017 at 4:17 AM Thanks AM for your observations have a good weekend Aqua Marine September 30, 2017 at 2:58 AM ( I didnt check if the thumbs up/ down was Greek as well as Roman....) : D