Honesty and pain

Empathy fits well the human face framed

But masks are never the less moulded,
Secured for there uses, then discarded much the same

Removing my mask I felt so plain
Others were coloured vivid,
Great stories laid claim
But subtle tells revealed their shame

Honesty some equate with pain
An opening for attack
Hurling words meant to maim

Put that old skin to the flame
Start fresh and pink
With non to blame

Author's Note

Anyone in my group, please give me some tips. I'd love to understand formal poetry techniques

Reviews

[Parsimony]

Poetic techniques are based on the arrangement of words according to meteric rhythms and letter patterned rhymes. I like how you explore ideas in your poems. I think you got the letter pattern rhymes but meteric rhythms involve counting syllables.

[Samuel Jack]

Awesome. I down think I'm going to constrain myself to that yet, but it would make sense, as my poems tend to be quite rhymey, lyrical pieces. Cheers for the help babe