OctPoWriMo 2018: Day 23: Behind the Mask

Copyright Madeinitaly

Beneath this facade

I hide the unspoken truth

None may uncover

I will never make it clear

What lies behind this calm mask

~Cie~

Note:

I could tell you the unspoken truth, but then I'd have to kill you. ;-)

NaPoWriMo 2015: Day 19: One If By Landay

Craving Version 11

Photoshop Phoolery by The Real Cie

You can hide the truth with lying lips

But your dreams tell the secret of whom you long to kiss

~Thalia~

The Prompt:

for today’s prompt (optional, as always!), I’d like to challenge you to write a landay. Landays are 22-syllable couplets, generally rhyming. The form comes from Afghanistan, where women often use it in verses that range from the sly and humorous to the deeply sardonic and melancholy. The first line has nine syllables, the second has 13. 

Here is an article on Landays.