The Actress ~

Touch Not This Mask Of Mine

{For Janet}

 Touch not this mask of mine, which seals my pain.

Whisper not into the night of this my secret claim.

For it is from behind this mask in which I truly hide.

Where I shield the truth from all

in which tearful sorrow doth reside.

So step not into this day, step not into my night

For my eyes fail to see, the wrong which is right.

Oh this mask of mine, oh this mask so fine,

Give now unto me, the petty courage to survive.

Yea, give unto me the secret longing of my soul deprived.

J. Allen Wilson © 2005