Charade in Review

Suggestions will be considered. So please feel free to voice out. Thanks.

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The masks we wear, to us are given,
assigned to us before our cue.
The choice is ours to reveal or hide-
A grand charade with many a clue.

Would you be this or be you that;
Is it surfaced or is it hidden?
Not all secrets are lies or deceit,
Our view of others we must widen.

The genuine heart will itself reveal
Its spots or stripes are where they're at.
The lot of what we think we see,
provide but circumstantial caveat.

We often discard what eyes can't see;
Too often distrust what hearts conceal.
The masquerade of life continues,
Its colours and shapes our truths congeal.

 

 

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Reviews

[Sean Allen]

So you have not titled it Masquerade because?
Ah, because our masks are given and not chosen.
And you have not titled it Charade because...

[Gandré]

oh this one is perfect. no suggestions, this was a complexly cerebral poem.

[forfila]

"Not all secrets are lies or deceit" I love this line.
Also, that first stanza is my favorite. Though four are great.
I think I will favor this poem, I very much like it :)