Write about Masks

7 Masa'il 164 B.E. - Tuesday, December 18, 2007 about 1:45 PM PST

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for December 18, 2007 - Write about Masks.

The mask of night hides
the beauty revealed by dawn's first light,
while the mask of day
conceals the rainbow hues of distant stars.

The masks of civilization
hides the primitive individual
that dwells within the human being.

We all wear mask to conceal
our true selves,
we wear masks because we fear;
we wear masks to hide our differences
or the conceal our sameness;
we wear masks and fear the masks removal.

NOTE: This is as far as I've gotten on this poem and I'm still not sure of a working title.