The Maker | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. The Maker

The Maker

March 21, 2013
By Rachael Aikens SILVER, Chester, Connecticut
More by this author
Rachael Aikens SILVER, Chester, Connecticut
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile

The maskmaker slaves in his usual way
Crafting by night the faces of day,
Folding the skin and molding the clay
And holding the dead gaze of sunlight away.

With care he paints a waxy smile -
A favored face he’s worn for miles
With threadbare eyes and wilted brow -
Enough to fool the fools for now.

I’d wondered long – but dared not ask –
What face he wore beneath the mask.
One day he let the worn mask fall
Beneath the face, no face at all.

© Jena S., Cameron, WI

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Death At Your Door
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
Summer Day
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's never to late, if it weren't for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile
Poetry
leap
By carreyelaine GOLD
Arlington, Tennessee
carreyelaine GOLD, Arlington, Tennessee
12 articles 4 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
Whisper
By Loki(norsegod) DIAMOND
Sapello, New Mexico
Loki(norsegod) DIAMOND, Sapello, New Mexico
62 articles 0 photos 2 comments
View profile
Poetry
Arrival of Storm
By Anonymous
Poetry
Unreach Love
By C.J.H. BRONZE
Benciao City, Taipei County, Other
C.J.H. BRONZE, Benciao City, Taipei County, Other
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Sometimes the world tries ot knock it out of you. But I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales." August Rush(2007)

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.