by hogweed99kilinaskully, Fermanagh, Ireland
Aug 2018 412 Views 5 comments
We Wear the Mask BY PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: Aug 2018
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Comments (5)
Changing the world starts by all of us accepting that our societies don't work.. It kills the planet and all lives within.. Us included.. So we MUST change..
The time of buying, using, throwing away to buy New or some more MUST end.. The time of burning powers for our little pleasures and easy comfortable life (fossil fuel, Electric.) MUST stopped..
Are you read to do that? All individually.. The 7.5 billion of us.. Then yes then we can change the world.. There's a price to pay.. Let go of everything you own, only keep what you need.. No more.. And make most of what nature can give you.. For free.. Just have to do the work to harvest its wonder..
It's Sometimes hard. But not worse than 9 till 5, Monday to Friday.. And it can be so more rewarding..
Love and peace to all of you..
Where will yo go ???????
You are deep forever, i dont want to say anything because it will become controversy or it will become contrary to rules.
All i know that nothing is in our hand(from spiritual science), on the otherhand in metaphysical words the world will be changed only when we will be changed.
And if are taking about me, well i will never ever change because my body(inner & outer)has already got a change, you might have noticed that i talk differently, i am no more a human being