Mask of Clay….by Richard Lynn Livesay 2009

Again into this mask of clay

My world is seen another way…

A journey thru my time and space

Experiencing life at my own pace.

Within, I see a different view

As you see me and I see you…

Things may seem that they're ok

But behind the mask, I feel betray.

Running around in flocks and groups

We try to blend like veggie soups

Laughing and crying, believing lies

What are we covering when truth denies?

We fill our time with this and that

Climbing ladders; in a worldly vat.

Complaining of stress and poverty

Believing that this is reality.

Wondering what is really true

Yet never seeing the one in you.

You don't need an interpreter

Ask, listen and accept the wonder .

Behind our mask of clay we say

That we will change maybe some day

But then our busy lives and thought

Take over, consume;Look what I bought.

Like fish in the ocean we swim through life

Controled by the currents, experiencing strife.

One day we may see in this beautiful world

We don't need a mask when our truth is unfurled.

Comments: 29

Georgiana S. Aug 18, 2009, 7:06pm UTC

more a mask of computer monitor these days!

Richard Lynn Livesay Aug 18, 2009, 7:33pm UTC

You have a good sense of humor, a quick wit and may have once been a gypsy.

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Georgiana S. Aug 18, 2009, 7:46pm UTC

easily!

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Kushal Poddar Aug 18, 2009, 10:34pm UTC

So true. Richard. So true. Well written.

Richard Lynn Livesay Aug 18, 2009, 11:01pm UTC

Merci, Amigo What is it in Bengali/

Kushal Poddar Aug 18, 2009, 11:11pm UTC

Dhanyabad = thank you

Kushal Poddar Aug 18, 2009, 11:12pm UTC

Pantry is, meanwhile, warming up!

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Granny Janny Aug 18, 2009, 10:51pm UTC

Peer into the eyes
Those holes in the mask
The soul never lies
If you have the knack
To realize
The language of the soul

Richard Lynn Livesay Aug 18, 2009, 11:00pm UTC

Nice poem response GJH, I like that

Granny Janny Aug 19, 2009, 1:26am UTC

And I like this poem that inspired my response.

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Jackie T. Aug 18, 2009, 11:03pm UTC

Interesting...so many masks for many situations and people...wearing them to conceal, convey a message, etc...

Richard Lynn Livesay Aug 19, 2009, 1:13am UTC

We are all taught to be "social" animals...then we must slowly destroy the masks before the masks destroy us.

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Atticus *. Aug 19, 2009, 8:26am UTC

Fine poem Richard. Is it not the mask that gives us form? Our task is to chisel out one that follows the contours of our spiritual truth and thus becomes transparent, invisible as it were; neither obstructioning our view of the world, nor its view of us.

Kushal Poddar Aug 19, 2009, 8:38am UTC

Well said sir.

Richard Lynn Livesay Aug 19, 2009, 10:53am UTC

Interesting, Atticus. you expound on the ideal...I like the invisible...no hiding, full disclosier policy...no cheating or lying allowed.

Robert - just a simple man - B. Feb 21, 2011, 8:35pm UTC

I concur with Ku. Thanks Atticus.

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Alison H. Aug 19, 2009, 9:36pm UTC

We all do need a "mask" between us and the world, as we play our various roles, but sometimes, the blessed times, we can lay it aside.

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Richard Lynn Livesay Aug 20, 2009, 12:42am UTC

This is true, Alison. i have had a suitcase full as an air sign Gemini...it was my stock and trade...but now I have pretty much destroyed all of them..I keep one just for emergencies though.

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