zoe

another thing, 

during class we were analyzing this poem about wearing a mask,

the poem itself, was also wearing a mask 

i blamed the people for this poet having to wear this mask but my professor said something that stuck

"it is dangerous for this poet to be wearing a mask, 

yes they wear this mask to 'protect' themselves, 

yes they are being judged if they dont wear the mask but 

to wear this mask takes away an experience and the persons sense of self"

it was almost as if he was talking about me

i have been feeling so lost and as if i wear the mask to please others 

but is this my fault that i feel that no one knows me?

i think somewhat 

Let them dream, concludes the poet, knowing that dreamers have only two destinies: they either die in their sleep or they wake up. And when these wake up, they will face what William Blake and Edgar Allan Poe foresaw in mystical terms as the destruction of the mind.

--James A. Emanuel