Sophie Boswell Poet Prose Poetry

Take Off Your Mask

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Take off your Mask 
Sophie Boswell

What do you live for? Was a question put to me
By a gentle loving person, who aimed to set me free
I couldn’t answer his question, thirty years ago
So I moved in the wrong direction, not knowing where to go

I was born to be an artist; to love creativity
But this bothered others, who wouldn’t let me be
People-pleaser, then, was my main aim
While seeking out pleasure, and shying away from pain

What a silly way to live - putting on a mask
Such a waste of time and such a tiresome task
Some lessons come slow; some come fast
But one lesson worth learning is not to live in the past.

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Lin Lane April 24, 2016 at 8:57 AM That's one good lesson worth learning, and another is to strip away any mask one might be hiding behind. Doing so will set a person free in many ways. Good points in your rhymes, Sophie.