Vijaya Sundaram

Poet, Musician, Teacher, and Amateur Visual Artist

Masked-Love

In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Mask

Masked-Love
©April 27th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

If you wear a mask
As the moon wears a soft cloud
Is it to shine less?

Better to shine less
Than to have all look upwards
This way, I can rest.

Why do you hide thus?
To behold your mind is joy:
All are bathed in light.

None need come find me
I shall flood the night with light
But hide behind clouds.

When I glimpse the truth,
And you drift away from me
I’m bereft, forlorn.

Though I may cause joy,
Like mist, my mask protects us
Seeker, leave me be!

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