The Masque

Come closer

See the facade

See the porcelain break.
Shards blind the already blind;
The sharp prettyness cuts deep.
Deep.
Deep, to the core, the center, the truth.
The ugly behind the astounding mask.
The true Dorian Gray behind the portrait
Lurking in your attic.
Daring to mock
Daring to smock
In the face of

Utter destruction.
But the creamy lids close;
To go through the curtain
To a place I can be happy.
Masterpiece Theatre of the mind--
Most pleasing.
Most ficticious.
Memories,
Past

      And

            Present.

Reviews

[Tomás Ó C..]

Too many hide behind masks and get exposed in time...

[Star-Runner]

I like this one, very well written.

[Damian Alan Gray]

I wonder about the line "Daring to smock." What was the reasoning behind this? A smock is a sort of gabardine work apron. Was it simply a word to rhyme with mock? Otherwise, I thought the poem was well thought-out and poignant to the overall subject.