Masks

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Cindy
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Masks

Postby Cindy » Sat May 13, 2017 12:04 pm

There are times as a child
That you think nobody knows
Simply because you never told.
A piece of knowledge you carry carefully
Like a piece of fine China.

How could anyone know
If you had never told a soul?

One day grandma asked me,
"Where's your sister?"
"In there with grandpa,"
I pointed.

At that moment, the mask fell from her face.
I saw her then...
That broken woman who I had thought was grandma.

What I'd carried for years
Silently shattered at my feet.
So now I knew.

I knew she knew,
But I didn't know if she knew
That I knew she knew.

Because we all have masks.
I wear mine well
And as usual, I never said a word.

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Stella
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Re: Masks

Postby Stella » Wed May 17, 2017 9:53 am

Secrets, never to be told do sometimes create strange happenings when we wonder if someone else shares the same knowledge and we cannot find out unless we release the secret.
A poem to ponder on Cindy, do we tell or do we say nothing? :?:

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Seema Chowdhury
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Re: Masks

Postby Seema Chowdhury » Wed May 24, 2017 9:52 pm

Very interesting... we all have secrets that we haven't told anyone. Very relatable

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Cindy
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Re: Masks

Postby Cindy » Sun Jun 04, 2017 3:32 am

Thank you, Stella and Seema.


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