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With a Mask in Place

15 Comments Posted by Contributor on February 13, 2011

I was alive
I had a soul
I walked the halls
It was so

But i was killed
Date unknown
I have no tombstone
And mourners none

But my body remains
An empty shell
That walks along
This is hell

A broken smile
And a mask in place
No one noticed
A death took place

the title of this is “With a Mask in Place” u want an interpretation. im stating my loneliness n it symbolizes such. the end with my ‘death’ meaning i am lonely and my friends do not notice, n if they do they do not seem to care, n whether or not they r my friends. yadda yadda yadda. all it is, is me showing my loneliness by saying that i ‘died’ (a metaphor for how lonely i am, how i feel unwanted, and my accepting these feelings as normal occurrences) and my friends not noticing. and the mask is how they don’t notice n e thing is wrong, they can’t see my loneliness n all as if i am wearing a mask over my face. and i use the word hell, but i mean it as the place n saying that loneliness is torture as if i was (guess where) in hell

15 responses to “With a Mask in Place”

Sharetta February 21, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Hi. This poem is very deep. I would really love to.use this in my senior research paper. I hope thats ok.:)

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Sean Seepersad February 23, 2011 at 9:49 am
You can definitely use the poem. Please make sure to reference the website in your research paper if you do.

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Deepak March 13, 2011 at 6:23 pm
I loved it!! excellent poem!!!

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Ashley March 20, 2011 at 5:40 am
It’s amazing! I love it.

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Dave Korn April 8, 2011 at 12:28 am
I’m feeling it. Isn’t it beautiful how poetry can set us free even when the rest of the world does not seem to notice or care? Stay strong my friend, and keep writing.

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Phoebe April 10, 2011 at 9:37 am
Hey this pretty good!

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kishore April 18, 2011 at 4:17 pm
I love this poem.. Feel the same .. its like dragging a empty body .. heavy and sore.. heart beats .. for not reason ..

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Meera April 29, 2011 at 11:54 am
Its a beautiful way u’ve put your emotions…..I’m going through the same phase…people call me selfish but they don’t even want to listen to me because it would ruin their good mood!

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Taven Black May 12, 2011 at 5:54 pm
I am currently writting a research paper comparing poetry to song lyrics to prove which is the more pure form of art i was wondering if i could use this as my choise of poem.
However i need the writters name. if you could please let me know by 5/13/11 (my deadline) i would apprechiate it

(sorry last comment had a wrong e-mail)

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- Sean Seepersad May 13, 2011 at 2:13 am
  Sorry, the author did not want his/her name shared so I can’t give you that person’s name. You could probably just put “anonymous” and a link to the poem page.
  
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Taven Black May 13, 2011 at 3:41 am
do you know if s/he is published?

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- Sean Seepersad May 13, 2011 at 8:48 am
  I don’t, sorry 😦
  
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  - Taven Black May 13, 2011 at 5:22 pm
    its alright do you know of any similar poems by someone published?
Sundaram June 4, 2011 at 11:58 pm
I think this poem is so great. It goes straight to how I feel. Well done.

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Fortunate Azrim July 1, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Nice poem.

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