poem-behind the masks

poem-behind the masks December 11, 2020

Filed under: poem,Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 4:56 pm
Tags: choices, conformity, Covid, life, mask, metaphor, poem, poetry, protection, story

in the story I read

every family was the same

and every person took off their mask

of sameness at the end of the day.

in the story we’re living

every family’s struggle’s different

we put on our masks each day

to save each other

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One Response to “poem-behind the masks”

d.a.simpsonwriter Says:
December 12, 2020 at 12:03 pm
Very movingly evoked poetry

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