Songs of the Raven

by Aislin of the Shadows

A collection of my Phantom inspired poetry, about hate, regret, despair, and every emotion permeating Erik's mind...and my mind... The title is just what I dream of naming a poetry book if I ever write one.

2. Mask

Here's another, just because I have the time. This one is more inspired by an inanimate object than by a person or feeling. You all know the central object I'm talking about. The mask. Also note that the 'you' in these poems in humanity in general, not necessarily Erik. So I'm talking to you. That's right, you, the reviewer.

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Hide yourself away from the world
Save yourself the pain
No one knows who you really are
Life is but a masquerade.
When your mask is removed,
The world is shocked
You aren't what they expect
Why show yourself at all?
Joy over sorrow,
Sorrow over joy,
One never knows
How you really feel.
Someone can seem like one thing
And be a completely different one.
Do you see the irony?
Why live at all?
I wear a mask of life
Over my face of death.