Telling us what he thinks

We want to know.

Steering our lives by

His judgments and beliefs.

Not representing – but presenting

His own view of himself.

The ultimate, actor on the stage

False face, false views

Lying to the world.

A man with a mask in a

Masquerade, hiding himself

From all who would look.

Irony, sadness & dismay to see

How he performs for appearances–

But don’t we all play this

Game of hide-and-seek,

Not willing to look within

at ourselves and what we project?

Filtering our words with

Our desires, fears and beliefs

Hiding from our inner-self

Within a world of pretending

Presenting a face of desired images

Lying to oneself and others.

Once aware of the game

We play with our mind,

Changing our true nature

With desires and beliefs

Then we will be empowered

To throw away our worn-out faces.

Betsy

12/1/1999

Graphic in background is '7 of Clouds' from the Osho Zen Tarot deck.