Don't try to decode me; <br />Enter into any liberties, <br />Never try to read my mind, <br />So aloof cause you're not my kind. <br /> <br />You're a bore and so uncouth; <br />And you wouldn't know the truth <br />If it bludgeoned you in the eye- <br />And this is all more reason why <br /> <br />My words won't tell a thing to you, <br />There's nothing you can say or do: <br />Don't bother taking me to task; <br />I'm hidden well: I wear the Mask. <br /> <br />No treason makes my blood turn cold <br />No actions make my own less bold <br />Don't need limelight, in which to bask: <br />I'm self contained; I wear the Mask. <br /> <br />No one can recognize or know <br />The real me, behind the show; <br />The Mask contain conveniently <br />So I can be more vehement me. <br /> <br />I'll let you live if you'll retreat <br />Away from me and do not seek <br />To move the Mask aside to find <br />The real face that lives behind. <br /> <br />Worn so long, that now my face <br />Has rotted off, inside this place <br />I'm just a skull, inside this frame <br />Though once I had a living name.<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-t-try-to-decode-me/
