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Title: The Mask
Post by: Lisbeth on July 11, 2008, 07:54:00 AM
Post by: Lisbeth on July 11, 2008, 07:54:00 AM
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
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
Title: Re: The Mask
Post by: Shana A on July 11, 2008, 08:53:00 AM
Post by: Shana A on July 11, 2008, 08:53:00 AM
Quote from: Lisbeth on July 11, 2008, 07:54:00 AM
I found this incredibly powerful poem in Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg.
The Mask
That's wonderful!
Z
Title: Re: The Mask
Post by: Lutin on July 11, 2008, 09:48:31 AM
Post by: Lutin on July 11, 2008, 09:48:31 AM
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/ (http://www.online-literature.com/wilde/2320/)
Actually, it reminds me a lot of Wilde's The Sphinx Without a Secret. http://www.online-literature.com/wilde/2320/ (http://www.online-literature.com/wilde/2320/)
Title: Re: The Mask
Post by: Lisbeth on July 11, 2008, 10:11:26 AM
Post by: Lisbeth on July 11, 2008, 10:11:26 AM
The first thing I thought of was C. S. Lewis' last novel, 'Til We Have Faces.
Title: Re: The Mask
Post by: Nero on July 11, 2008, 10:38:34 AM
Post by: Nero on July 11, 2008, 10:38:34 AM
lovely
Title: Re: The Mask
Post by: NicholeW. on July 11, 2008, 11:21:26 AM
Post by: NicholeW. on July 11, 2008, 11:21:26 AM
Nice poem, Liz. Thanks for sharing it.
Nichole
Nichole
Title: Re: The Mask
Post by: Chaunte on July 11, 2008, 07:55:48 PM
Post by: Chaunte on July 11, 2008, 07:55:48 PM
Powerful. The poem says a lot.
Thank you, Lisabeth.
Chaunte
Title: Re: The Mask
Post by: Janet_Girl on July 11, 2008, 10:01:27 PM
Post by: Janet_Girl on July 11, 2008, 10:01:27 PM
Very beautiful, Liz
Thank you for sharing.
Janet
Thank you for sharing.
Janet