#wewearthemask

[tdarris]

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"We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties. Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while We wear the mask. We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask! #poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #poem #poems #africanamericanhistory #poetrylovers #poetryisnotdead #SLAM #zine #poetryzine #life #paullaurencedunbar #wewearthemask #celebrate #black #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #celebratelife #writer #poetryofinstagram #poetryofig #poetsofinstagram #poetofig #writercommunity #writersofig #writersofinstagram #amwriting #pmwriting

[scribesandvibes]

#wewearthemask / the #masquerade goes beyond #halloween 👀 #Repost @scribesandvibes ・・・ We wear the mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes -Paul Laurence Dunbar • #scribesandvibes • #therebirthofcool • #PaulLaurenceDunbar • #Poetry • #NationalPoetryMonth https://www.instagram.com/p/CkZFdfqP5JS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[trojan0405]

We wear the mask that grins and lies,

It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,

This debt we pay to human guile;

With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,

And mouth with myriad subtleties.

Why should the world be over-wise,

In counting all our tears and sighs?

Nay, let them only see us, while

We wear the mask.

We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries

To thee from tortured souls arise.

We sing, but oh the clay is vile

Beneath our feet, and long the mile;

But let the world dream otherwise,

We wear the mask!

Paul Laurence Dunbar, "“We Wear the Mask.”" from The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar.

[scribesandvibes]

#poetrymonth / #poetryaloud Repost @scribesandvibes ・・・ We #wearthemask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes -Paul Laurence Dunbar #wewearthemask • #scribesandvibes • #therebirthofcool • #PaulLaurenceDunbar • #Poetry • #NationalPoetryMonth https://www.instagram.com/p/CN8scFAhZxL/?igshid=1kmaciai6sqfy

[victoriawreen]

"WE WEAR THE MASK!" Paul Lawrence Dunbar EVERYBODY STOP KILLING BLACK PEOPLE! BETTA STOP!!!! . . . . . #wewearthemask #wewearthemasks #wewearthemaskthatgrinsandlies #blacklivesmatter #youmatter #dontletusdie #dontkillus #stopkillingus #stopkillingus✊🏾✊🏿✊🏼✊🏽✊ #stopkilling #blacksheep #blackpower #unitedstateshistory #historyrepeatsitself #learnfromthepast (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAyZKb3Behy/?igshid=1423e0028wpgy

[msafiyathediva]

#peoplepretendwell #whataboutyourfriends #wewearthemask #notimeforfakeones #MandyHale https://www.instagram.com/p/B7yRI8nhWH2/?igshid=dpqj6aigagoa

[otheunstoppable]

James Baldwin, ladies and gentlemen... #love #loveisnotblind ##wewearthemask #maskoff #jamesbaldwin #poet #philosopher #wisdom https://www.instagram.com/p/BwIliO6D1mA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f990kp8qi18q

[msafiyathediva]

Just so you know there is no "just snap out of it." Please don't ever say that to someone who tells you they are depressed or feeling down. Furthermore, check on folk. Sometimes a phone call or a text might make all the difference. Finally, people can look like they are “living their best life” but dying inside. #depressionisreal #peoplepretendwell #wewearthemask [Sidenote: I am good, doing fabulously well. But I know people who struggle everyday to get up & fight. Hell I have been there too. The problem is that there are people who have it so good I supposed they can never fathom having issues. 🤷🏽‍♀️] https://www.instagram.com/p/BuqBfZTHvsi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=555k96dx5nlw