Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Mask of gaiety

Today I can cry

Tearing apart the hood of gaiety

Peeling away the foil of mirth

Crushing to bits the mask of laughter


I smile, I speak

I seem to be basking in the glow of the sun

Oh! But I have a heart like you

And you thought it never felt any gloom


I can’t complain for long,

I can’t sing my mournful song

You seem to be away…far away

You can’t listen to me and I have a lot to say


But no longer I need to laugh or speak

It is sheer solitude that I seek,

My eyes will silently comfort the grief of my heart

Covering its wound is after all no less than art.


- Jayasri

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