Sanctuary [Poetry]

viii

we all wear our mask
so i wouldn't ask
what stories you are keeping
nor what secrets are you hiding.

we are all good at keeping evidences
in order to hide each weaknesses.
because we don't want to be toyed
and certainly doesn't want to be destroyed.

because going out of our shelter
is a war we'll likely surrender.
because reality is dangerous,
words are knives and emotions are poisonous.

monsters always wear elegant faces.
sadness is always clad in happiness,
giving smiles on the surface
but is always crying at the deepest.

we are a ghost of our own—
wearing mask we can't even wear,
carrying monsters that's hard to bear
and everyday we die and mourn.

/2018Mar23