I'll never remove
The mask you see
It's permanently affixed
But over time
With a little learning
Maybe I can
Draw something
A little closer
To the real me
– SR Romney
Archive for the ‘mask’ Tag
The Mask You See (National Poetry Writing Month 2025 #5) Leave a comment
Masks (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #17) Leave a comment
We all wear masks of ourselves
Carried with us from birth 'til death.
Some carry just a few masks,
Others carry far too many.
What if we dropped them on the ground,
Bathing the world in our truth?
SR Romney 2024
Glances (National Poetry Writing Month 2020 #13) Leave a comment
In shadows and in-between glances
I see my true self hidden behind an ornate maskOf expectations and of pressures
Crafted, and then grafted, onto me against my willA rictus smile hides the blessures
A great pretender which proves itself up to the taskI hold my breath, I wait for chances
To pull back the mask, to let myself finally spill
– SR Romney 2020
Which hat should I wear today? (National Poetry Writing Month 2020 #5) Leave a comment
Which hat should I wear today?
Which role should I try to play?
The person you want to see?
Or the one that’s really me?
Should I don the bright smile?
Or the smirk full of guile?
Face turned up in full surprise?
Or a twinkle in my eyes?
I have many masks, you know
Many that I choose to show.
Which I share and which I hide
That is for me to decide.
– SR Romney 2020
The Man Who Was A Mask (National Poetry Writing Month 2019 #5) Leave a comment
There was a man who was a mask
And every where he’d go
He’d show the world another face
One nobody would know
He’d walk all over, street to street
He’d wander day to day
And every passerby he’d greet
A new and different way
And no one new when he would come
No one knew when he’d leave
No one knew what he had in mind
The cards hid up his sleeve
And though the specter of this man
Loomed in the town so tall
When all took time to stop and think
No one knew the man at all
– Shaman Romney 2019
Shame on The Universe 