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the mask

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I hate places like a job or school.
Not because I have to go there and work or something.
Not because I have to wake up early in the morning.
Not because of school work and homework either.
It's because of the mask.
The mask I feel like I'm forced to wear sometimes
in places like school and a job.
And its not a fun or cool mask either.
It's just a boring, white face.
Completely the opposite of the kind of mask I want to wear.
Every time I want to take the mask off, I find out that it's strapped on tight.
I hate the mask.
The mask completely void of emotions, of passion, of abnormality.
More importantly: the mask completely void of myself.
Just a boring, eggshell colored mask.
No reds, blues, greens, yellows, oranges, or purples.
Or even blacks, grays, browns, or pinks.
No expressions either.
Just a boring mask filled with only nothingness.
And it's nothingness is contagious.
Once its forced on, my being becomes is void of everything it once was.
I try so many times to take it off, but it still stays on.
I hate the mask because it's rids me of my being.
The only time I can take it off is when and where I can be myself.
I want to see school without the mask.
See it without the eggshell colored mask void of nothing.
To allow others to see my real face.
To be able to take the mask off willingly.
But unfortunately, I was cursed by the mask where I was forced to wear it.
In middle school.
Back then I was constantly picked on for not wearing a mask.
Eventually, I gave in and put on the mask.
But now I regret putting it on.
Cause now I can't take it off.
I want to take the mask off, but I can't.
I want to do more than take it off.
I want to toss it into the nearest garbage bag and never have to look at it.
I want to burn it, release the ashes into the air, and see it fly away.
I want to send it to outer space so no one else can be forced to wear it.
But unfortunately, I can't.
I'm stuck with the mask, never able to show others my true face.
this is a poem i wrote cause i was kinda bored of how i feel sometimes in school.
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FrostBite98's avatar
Wow. This is very amazing, well formatted and descriptive. I Like it :) Nice work!