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The Mask

February 20, 2014
By baylie_trammell BRONZE, Littleton, Colorado
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You turn around and look in my direction
I don't know why.
You pushed me in the dark
and placed a mask upon your face,
as if to hide

You try to tell me something,
but your darkness is too deep to conquer.
I can't see.
I can't hear.
I'm confused.

© Emily M., Milford, CT

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