Masks

where do you put your masks?

do you keep them in pockets

in a jacket big enough to 

envelope them and keep them close?

i am struggling with mine

too many to count

too many to keep

i can only wear one

at a time

if i get that jacket, and i wear it

all the time, everywhere

the mask you need me to wear

will always be close...

i can change them out

be who you need me to be

at a moments notice

no matter who's asking

if i get that jacket though

and wear it

all the time, everywhere

i fear it will swallow me

whole

or the masks will get mixed up

overlapping my countenance

merging into something

i don't have the strength 

to be, all the time, everywhere.

so please, tell me

where do you put your masks

to keep you safe?

Reviews

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:: a very powerful piece of writing... i've really struggled with the idea of being good enough for somebody... only to realize that i am a caterpillar who wants to be my own kinda flutterby...

[SpitfireGrrrl]

Thank you :) Being your own kind of flutterby is best!

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:: yeah... and you're welcome... :)

[Chris]

You ask a very real and not rhetorical at all ...question.

I like the flow and way you "grow" the content.

The second stanza - why do you use "them"? My sense was of you speaking of your own.

[SpitfireGrrrl]

Thank you! Hrm... them as in the masks themselves. Perhaps "mine" would work better?

[Chris]

"mine" really fits well with what you are saying... good choice.

[SpitfireGrrrl]

Thank you - I will edit :)