What Mask Shall I Wear Today? Poem by Anita Atina

What mask shall I wear?

Who shall I be today?

The mirror always lies to me

And what it tells me, I don’t care


Shall I be a young woman today?

And don life’s expectant mask

Or shall I be the older woman today?

With an all knowing glance


Shall I be a mother today?

A loving mask to her brood!

Or shall I be a single woman today

Who life, hasn’t understood


Should I wear a sensual mask today?

And know what pleases me well

Or should I be the intellectual,

And pretend I know everything well!


Shall I be a poet today?

And write of life’s emotions

Or shall I wear a corporate mask

And look at RoE quotients!


Shall I reveal a lonely woman?

And wear a mask of hope

Or should I be the social butterfly

That’s get around but never home


Who shall I be?

What mask shall I wear?

I don’t have anything worth wearing!

For what I want, is a new mask, thats really worth caring.


The new mask should merge together

All my previous masks

And fashion anew, to smashing previews

A happy woman’s mask!