Keeping up appearances

A poem

Keeping up appearances

Why do we feel the need to ask?
Just who we are so frequently
Why is that we wear a mask
to hide our true identity?

Why do we try so hard to be
somebody other than we are
Adopt a personality
in the same way we choose a car.

Who are we trying to impress?
Why do we feel the need to hide
behind a fa�ade of success.
It does not alter what's inside.

Although we try we're doomed to fail
because we can't sustain the lie
Our efforts are to no avail.
Yet still we feel compelled to try.

2-Mar-09

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Reviews

[Beatrice Boyle (Grandm..]

Oh Ivor...this is sooo true! One advantage to being our age, is that we see through all the !@##@!~!!!#!!!

We have reached that stage where we don't need the false facade...cause we don't give a damn what others think as long as we are happy with ourselves and this is what we show the world.

"It matters not what coat we wear or what balance in our bank...we know we did our best to serve and for that the Lord will thank!"

As for me...what you see is what you get!! This is another for my library!

Bea

[Fear Corrupts!]

Hmm.
This good, clear points, and oh so true.