Mask of Pain

POETRY – INTROSPECTION

The struggle is the chain that binds
Doubt is the lock that holds
Rusted by tears, I rewind
My mind to a time

When I desperately searched for the reason
The reason that would release me from the strain
Searching here and beyond
Finally, only to don my mask of pain

Fighting to escape the walls, I write.
Fighting the peace, which lies in plain sight?
Fighting to be free of the illusions

Yearning for a promised freedom
Yearning for its taste
Yearning for its touch

Perhaps, what I genuinely need to yearn for
Is strength
To shatter
This Mask of Pain

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