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the Masked Ball

Contributed by quell on Wednesday, 19th July 2006 @ 08:34:34 AM in AEST
Topic: DarkPoetry



Centre stage where I belong, am I not a vision?
A harlot's loss of sanity - the ultimate exhibition
Turn your jaded eyes to me, O illustrious audience
Behold my lurid masquerade, my mimicked confidence!
A flourish of my hands, and lo! I set the foolish scene
Veins of glitter mask the moth-wing frailty of our dreams
The tuneless minstrel dangles from a web of cabaret
But what a spider! Such grim humour fuels this manic fray!
A bloated sadist God has cruelly trapped me in this mesh
Unseen strings sinking like wire into my puppet flesh
And so the opera lurches on, for the insane bourgeoisie
I dance as though possessed tonight, each face intent on me.
I imitate a worthy soul, feign to adore these men
A flock of inbred lunatics, beguiled by me again!
Gaudy lips of scarlet blood, shaping unspoken jeers
Broken eyes like starless skies, concealing absent tears.
I'm a pauper and a faerie Queen, both damsel fair and whore
Sketch me as you wish, my Lord, for verily I am yours
An identity scrawled upon my face, your heart's desire portrayed
My soul ensnared in a pot of rouge - who shall I be today?
It's a stilted melodrama, although some do name it 'life'
My wounds are only make-believe - twist in the plastic knife!
Deep down I simply long to fade, to fall from your cold vision
Cast screaming from the precipice, the cliff of recognition
Tear me from this fallen stage, this ice-filled sea of sharks
Though stripped of scrutiny I'm merely faceless in the dark
But better that than servitude, this ludicrous parade
This parody, this travesty, this comedy of fate
Farewell my ghoulish entourage, I retreat into my mind
Forsake so-called reality, and leave the world behind...




Copyright © quell ... [ 2006-07-19 08:34:34]
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Re: the Masked Ball (User Rating: 1 )
by wrdz on Wednesday, 19th July 2006 @ 05:35:37 PM AEST
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A strong hint of suicide do I detect. But not to be for real, as you are still here to display this piece. Good job I'd say. Thank you for sharing this. wrdz


Re: the Masked Ball (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Monday, 29th September 2008 @ 09:15:07 AM AEST
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This is really good. I loved the flow of this poem. Great Job!




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