Shannon Taft Poet Free verse

Half and Half

I face,
  You face,
    Sad face,
      Happy face.
        I looked in the mirror
        With my tragic mask
        And broke the looking glass.
        So I looked again, this time
        With the happy comic mask--
        And blew out the lights.
        So start a fire--burn this stage to the ground.
        When life calls the awards, I won't be found.
        I can't win for losing--I can't even lose for failing.
        My failures have overwhelmed my success,
        My weakness has overpowered my strengths.
        I can no longer face life, I can no longer....
      Face happy,
    Face sad,
  Face you......I can no longer
Face I.

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Skat A August 23, 2015 at 11:06 PM Shannon, Welcome to Poetry Soup. It will be a delight to read and become familiar with your poems in the future. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT

Bill Lindsay August 23, 2015 at 2:35 PM Oh, Shannon - achingly dark, and powerfully heavy. Like me, you utilise the shape of the lines to enhance the story. Thumbs up.