Headless Hoodie

If I hide my face from you,

I hide your face from me,

Protection with a price tag:

Loveless anonymity.

 

A hood for all occasions,

Casting shadows day or night,

Erasing my existence,

Suffocating life and light.

 

If no one knows my name, my face,

My failures pass unseen.

If blinded to life's beast and beauty,

What purpose have I been?

 

Reviews

[Michelle N. H.]

Matt, this is incredible! :) It's easy to hide away, to set up barriers and let into your fears, whereas it takes a tremendous amount of courage demolishing your walls and allow yourself to be completely bare, as it positions you in a frail state where it's much easier to get hurt. Living behind a mask is not to live at all. Your title for this piece of poetry is perfect.

[Matt Sayer]

Thank you so much Michelle! It is difficult to relinquish our defenses and expose our vulnerabilities, but to not do so is to suffocate what it is to be human. Life can burn us, sure, but its warmth is worth the risk. :)

[Michelle N. H.]

I just love your thinking, and I do agree.

[Aarea]

Awesome. And so true. Who hasn't wanted to disappear for awhile? Your writing is incredible, Matt. Good job.

[Nicole Williams]

amazing yet again, Matt
your talent knows no bounds

[Matt Sayer]

You're much too kind Kora! Thank you! :)

[Susannah Rae]

wowww!! this is really powerful and thought-provoking.

[Matt Sayer]

Thank you Susannah! :)

[Anna Blackburn]

Wonderful poem that forces the reader to find the emotions. I love the rhyming! Keep up the good writing.

[Matt Sayer]

Thanks Anna! :)

[Winter Renee Vineyard]

I love this! It shows so much emotion! Keep it up!

[Matt Sayer]

Thank you Renee! :)

[icelandicblue]

To be unknown is to not exist...we can only exist through the eyes of another. Nicely done.

[Matt Sayer]

Thanks icelandicblue! :) Living in the shadows and cracks may be safe, but the lack of light cripples us and leaves us emaciated husks.

[Alia ZJ.]

These lines carried a special meaning to me, probably the reason I read them thrice. :D
Witty write, Matt. You deserve great applause with this piece. :)
*If no one knows my name, my face,
My failures pass unseen.
If blinded to life's beast and beauty,
What purpose have I been?*

[Matt Sayer]

Thank you so much Ghalia! I'm glad you too are familiar with the staring eyes and the urge to hide, and the strangled life that emerges from over-sheltering our souls.

[Alia ZJ.]

Way too familiar. Sometimes, I guess, ignorance towards such aspects may actually be a bliss. ;)

[aneeqa]

Yeah, a great title too.....

[aneeqa]

Loved this....... adorable way of expressing how we stop looking at our uniqueness and try to become xerox copies of others or become somebody else, which isnt wat actually we are...... de concept of wearing hoods is incredible...great work :)

[Matt Sayer]

Thank you very much aneeqa! :)

[Vidya Bacchus]

Well written matt.We hide behind walls because we are afraid to get hurt.It takes a lot of courge to tear them down and face the world unguarded.Lovely piece:)

[Matt Sayer]

Thank you very much Vidya! :)

[Vidya Bacchus]

you are welcome:)