--- title: Without a mask date: 2008-09-24T08:18:32Z modified: 2008-09-24T08:18:32Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/without-a-mask/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 461 categories: - Friendship Poems - Life Poems - Love Poems tags: - Friendship Poems - Life Poems - Love Poems - anticipation - mask author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2008-09-24T08:18:32Z --- drifting away in my own mind getting lost in the sands of time i try to gather all the information that is beaming infront of my eyes; making little sense of what is being said and what is being done i [wander](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/wanderer.md) round and round; acting like a clown in this theatre of dreams never really knowing what is it that i am supposed to; what is it that i am supposed to to remain sane in this mindless affairs of the [heart](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/whisper-of-the-heart.md) that is playing a tug of war; like a lost diamond lying among scattered stones within my field of love i constantly searched myself; wandering aimlessly you found me and gave me a [meaning](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/life-still-has-a-meaning.md) to this existence that i was beginning to get bored of; now sitting here, across the table hoping time comes to a grinding halt listening to the relaxing beat of the heart, i wait for the moment to be myself (again) without the need for a mask; – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend. – Oliver Wendell Holmes He who wears a mask [cannot see](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/i-sometimes-can-not-see.md) within himself. – Anonymous