Becoming The Mask

~ Frank Solanki

Don’t put that mask on too tight
It may never come off
Just say what you feel inside
It will be enough
…
What if there would be no tomorrow?
Would you leave with all the secrets in your heart?
Drive away all the pain and sorrow
Let happiness take a part
…
I know love is long overdue
But isn’t it unfair
When you do not let anyone come through
And become the mask that you wear?

Published by Frank Solanki

Making the world a better place one poem at a time.

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  8. It’s a nice poem with the powerful words. Very important and thoughtful message, you conveyed through this poem. I think it’s the best way of living.

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  16. A lovely poem and so so true and aligns with the post you liked on my page – lessons from nature – revealing the truth within yourself.. I think it’s something you value and understand more as you grow older (well for me anyway..).

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  17. Alter ego, yes. Altered morality yes, the abyss of thyself YES. We become the hero and the villian at the same time. Where do we draw the line to be “Me”.. the self has to come off when “it” retires or it forces to retire us.

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      1. INFJ is one of the Myers Briggs personality types. An intellectual introvert who is highly intuitive. These sensitive people wear masks all the time and often don’t know when they are because they become like second skin. Your poem was incredibly insightful, so I assumed you must know someone like this.

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  23. SOMETIMES THE TRUTH HURTS….BUT LIES HURT 20 TIMES WORSE….
    I AGREE, IT IS WHAT IT IS, BE YOURSELF. WHY LIE OR PRETEND…IF YOU MUST DO THAT TO FIT IN OR IMPRESS OTHERS THEN THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE TRUE TO YOU. I AM WHAT I AM..I’M GONNA BE ME REGARDLESS HOW OTHERS MAY BE! Good advice

    JOSEPHINA

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    1. I AM A PERSON THAT HAS BEEN TO VICTIMIZED BY SO MANY. ..EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY. I AM 👎 NO BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. I HAVE FOUND THAT BEING MYSELF HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL IN SO MANY WAYS. … 👎 NO GUILT, NO EMEMIES 👎, AND I PRAY THAT SHARING NOT ONLYMY GIFT OF SIGHT, BUT I’M ON A MISSION, TO SHARE MY 🎁 GIFT OF INSIGHT.

      I AM ,JOSEPHINA, SPIRITUAL ADVISOR AND PARANORMAL CONSULTANT. …. (Christian spirituality…all denominations that practice the belief. “IN CHRIST”……

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  35. A very kind poem . There are faces out there who may shed tears for this one. Masks do fall off at rare moments like reading this poem… you do it so well. No one was born with a mask , sometimes it is a bare necessity for survival.
    Thanks for finding words for a voices that have no mask…..!

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