POEM STARTER

Write a poem that includes the motif of masks.

A motif is a repeated but varying detail which highlights the poems theme, similar to a symbol.

Vain Disguises

Behind our vain disguises,

When we pull off

Our masks,

Aren’t we all

Just human?


Behind the mask,

I’m just a person,

Like anyone else,

I’m nothing special,

But my mask

Tells a different story.


When I’m wearing my mask,

My true self is not

Reveled,

And I’m like a

Whole new person.


Outgoing, confident,

Smiling like crazy,

That’s who I am

With the mask on.


Scarred, scared,

Afraid of life itself,

That’s who I am

With the mask off.


My mask shields me

From getting hurt.


If I don’t let my heart show,

It won’t get broken…


But it won’t ever get

Taken…


Behind the masks

We all bear,

We have our flaws

And strengths as well.


Behind the masks,

We’re all just human.

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