The Mask

Dark sounds

From the dark side

Yet there are some things

We just can’t hide

To enter into beauty

To wield wonder instead of death

We reveal our true humanity

Instead of the mask that gives us breath

We enter sound, we enter truth

We enter wholeness, we enter youth

We utter mysteries that raise the dead

We go beyond what is in our head

To enter into beauty

To wield wonder instead of death

We must reveal our true humanity

Instead of the mask that gives us breath

K. Duane Carter 2-20-11