The Smiling Mask
Covering the Darkness of Depression
By Lon Casler BixbyPublished 7 years ago • 1 min read
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Photo © Lon Casler Bixby
I wear a smiling mask
Covering the darkness of depression
The mask presents me, not how I am
But how others perceive me to be
They don’t look past the plastic façade
They don’t want to see what lies within
The depth of that darkness
Loss of self
The stark emptiness
Sadness, sorrow
Pain
And death
The smiling mask fades and cracks
The elastic band frays and snaps
The mask crumbles away
Freeing me
©Lon Casler Bixby 2017
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About the Creator
Lon Casler Bixby
Lon Casler Bixby is a published author: Fiction, Poetry, Humor, & Comic Books. He's also an award-winning photographer whose work has been featured in magazines, art & coffee table books, & in Art Galleries throughout the world.
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