Masks

Observe and see
Open your eyes
So many masks


Quick change of face
New mask to veil
Mood swing


Fake can seem true
If only you see
Through the charade


Just to survive
Hypocrisy grows
A fake face here


So many reasons
To fritter away
Authentic feel


Fear works the best
To kill fond zest
Death of innocence


Abrupt realisation
Survive amid harshness
Bondage to the flesh


Appetites corrupt
Never enough dough
Vain wish list stakes




Leon Enriquez
07 September 2014
Singapore
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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