Started collecting them
when I was a child,
and kept adding
as the years went by.
Each day,
I go through my masks
and decide which one to wear.
On most days
I pick the cool mask;
to reflect the person
the world thinks I am -
calm, unflustered, in control.
Some days it's
the happy mask,
the sad mask,
or the funny mask,
depending on my mood.
The victim mask
is a usual favourite;
suits well on most days.
There are many more
in my wardrobe -
the humility mask,
the intellectual mask,
the spiritual mask,
the hypocrisy mask,
the kindness mask,
the caring mask.
It's not an easy decision
to choose each day,
a mask to fit the part -
to blend in
or to stand out.
But COVID has changed all that.
No more struggles
or difficult choices,
to choose which mask
to wear today,
to choose which face
to present today.
I can blindly reach out,
and slip the same one on,
each and every day.
PS: #100KMASKS is an interesting initiative where close to half a million people from all over the world have reflected and shared on the various masks that they wear in their daily lives.
Comments (29)
Very well expressed, Paul
Thanks for sharing about #100KMasks - its indeed a great initiative.
Yes, I am sure it will make a big impact on people who have been forced to wear these masks - being aware of it and now being given the freedom to express it out, will in itself the first step in their healing..
Couldn't agree more - time to peel off those masks one by one..
I guess the question is - can we?
Well written Paul
Loved it
This is exceptionally well written.
Unexpected climax :-)
Very True. Knowingly or unknowingly We all wear many emotional mask every day. Now Physical mask will cover all emotional mask....
Yes - we can ignore our emotional masks for a while..
കൊള്ളാം...
Nice one Dinu
But whatever masks i wore, when i stand before the (MRI) Maker and Redeemer of Individuals, all the masks will be shattered..
Yes, very true. Now The outward expression of the olden days' mask which worn for many years
Absolutely. I remember the song Ubasana by Jeyachandran. Especially this line: Valicheriyu ninte muhamoodi..
Lovely poem..
Very well written.. Dinu
Beautiful poem
makes one think - thank you Dinu, for sharing
I switch many masks during a single day
tussi great ho
Excellent
During COVID times, there's a mask of a different kind - ZOOM meetings - attendees in blazers and ties, wearing boxers
experience speaking?
So true!
Another wonderful piece
Cool is the first word that comes to my mind for you - you're telling me now it's a mask
oops.. shouldn't have spilt the secret out, right?
#100KMASKS - amazing how the same themes are repeated in most masks, regardless of where they are from!
Indeed.. when you have time, watch Ashanti Branch's TED talk - "The Masks we wear".. he's the person behind the #100KMasks movement..
COVID seems to have woken you up - more frequent posts
good observation
Wonderful
Loved it Keep writing
Beautifully expressed!
brilliant!
Loved it, Dinu