Masquerade

The first note strikes to the tune of deception,
The second note sung by deceit,
The musicians play on, a harmony of lies
As we rise to dance in the fraud,
Our steps - quick and light as evasion,
Echo with hollowness when set to the floor,
Waltzes of guile, forgery, falsehood,
Sweeping the room with polished distortion
When under the weight of our own self-destruction,
As the delicate melody draws to an end,
the dance floor beneath us crumbles and shatters.
Piercing egos in the stillness


Tracy Mumford

This work received a Gold Award in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2002.
For more information about The Awards, go to www.artandwriting.org.

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