Behind the Mask

By jusstuf

behind the mask
resides
a tortured
soul

just a shell
of a
man

his eyes
no longer
shine

he smiles
without a
smile

his laugh
devoid of
laughter

living a
reclusive
lonesome
existence

while

waiting on the
inevitable

death

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Copyright 2010 jusstuf
Published on Tuesday, November 9, 2010.     Filed under: "Depressed" and "Poetry"

Author's Note:

composed this purposely without caps and punctuation
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