The Mask

[Lisbeth]

I found this incredibly powerful poem in Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg.

The Mask

Always a mask
Held in the slim hand whitely
Always she had a mask before her face--

Truly the wrist
Holding it lightly
Fitted the task;
Sometimes however
Was there a shiver,
Fingertip quiver,
Ever so slightly--
Holding the mask?

For years and years and years I wondered
But dared not ask
And then--
I blundered,
Looked behind the mask,
To find
Nothing--
She had no face.

She had become
Merely a hand
Holding a mask
With grace.

--Author unknown

[Shana A]

I found this incredibly powerful poem in Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg.

The Mask

That's wonderful!

Z

[Lutin]

Beautiful...... Wow, thanks for sharing that.

Actually, it reminds me a lot of Wilde's The Sphinx Without a Secret. http://www.online-literature.com/wilde/2320/

[Lisbeth]

The first thing I thought of was C. S. Lewis' last novel, 'Til We Have Faces.

[Nero]

lovely

[NicholeW.]

Nice poem, Liz. Thanks for sharing it.

Nichole

[Chaunte]

Powerful.  The poem says a lot.

Thank you, Lisabeth.

Chaunte

[Janet_Girl]

Very beautiful, Liz

Thank you for sharing.

Janet