Façade

Sweetness is so fragile

In terms of views and perceptions.

Attempts to amplify so futile

And so obvious despite repeated deceptions.

The façade, the mask,

The desperate attempts to fulfill the task

Why in vain

Do we put ourselves through so much pain,

While at the core of our soul we remain

Shackled in our own consciousness’s chain!

We defy.

In the least, we try.

We claim to have changed,

While to our soul we remain tamed.

Should we find out in certainty

That consciousness survives with refined purity,

How could we justify the mask

And implicitly invite our dusk!