April Challenged Day 25 - Mask

New Distressed Wood Figures by Aron Demetz

You 

will never 

understand 

how I feel. 

I have kept my emotions 

tightly sealed behind a wooden mind. 

I wish 

I could trust you, 

lay out my heart in front of you. 

Let you pick out my tears 

one by one

  replace it with joy, 

mend my fractured heart 

create a moment of bliss.

But 

I know 

that kind of 

happiness 

was not 

meant for me.

The rational being in me 

wakes me up

  reminds me of who I really am, 

what I can do 

 what I can never have.

I should not 

seek your love, 

I am not allowed to dream, 

l have merged 

into sepia world

For now 

I wish to hide 

behind my skin.