Best Poems Written by Sarina Clara Naumoff

Admitted Masquerade

Instead of being a corrupted victim, 
self imposing voluntary blindness, 
fear of solitude disguised behind shy behaviors 
or another's condemned etiquette 
which actually is only a transparent mask 
foolishly worn atop obvious weakness 
that you pretended to prevail over so long ago, 
only to find yourself gasping for even a single breath 
while you choke on everything you thought you knew already- 
Now you begin to realize that finding so much unknown 
in that space you previously thought was quite familiar- 
terrifies you beyond even your darkest nightmares... 
perhaps time has arrived to discontinue convincing 
If only yourself of bravery adorned 
which in reality you continue to lack, 
and begin whatever necessary battle 
is standing in your way 
to locate strength 
which fear has kept comatose, 
while unearned pride was one of many masquerades 
eluding you to exhibit repeatative failures instead, 
Regardless if you ever admitted that, 
even if only to yourself before.

Copyright © Sarina Clara Naumoff | Year Posted 2021