Mask

‘I get what I want’
He sung it proud
I couldn’t hear anything else
It was too loud

How desirable she was
The girl I let him see
He complemented my mask
It was so easy

I didn’t know how to take it off
He forgot his was even there
How amusing it was
To think love could live here

When your heart is shallow
You don’t want to swim
Love becomes a game
Who can push the other in?

I wanted to fall
So I pushed myself down
He watched in silence
Quietly stroking his crown

I was the starved fairy
Anything to feel full
He was his own king
I thought he was hungry as well

Famished one day
I bit into his chest
I craved to be consumed
So I figured he would like this

I tried to make myself feel full
So I gobbled up all I could
I got underneath his clothes
But nothing looked as it should

Long strong limbs, pretty eyes
He looked so magnificent on the outside
But as I was let in
I was not quite ready for the surprise

The big king, how little he was
With so much gold and praise
This man has nothing inside
I couldn’t contain my anger for days

He tricked me!
How did I not foresee?
Little bastard
This imposter has taken advantage of me!

He looked up teary eyed
His hands went to cradle my face
I pushed his greedy hands away
Oh no, it was too late

That’s when he felt it
Without mercy, he just tore it off
Chuckling to himself he cried
‘Aren’t you the little trickster in surprise’

[October 30, 2015]