live lion

we hide our faces underneath a mask

all that we know is covered by the dark

life just becomes another weary task

on some warm shore we have the time to bask

the world we find is just another park

we hide our faces underneath a mask

your choice to fill the bucket and the cask

and load them one by one in the last ark

life just becomes another weary task

if one of us had merely thought to ask

just what would lift the last ignoble mark

we hide our faces underneath a mask

we do not wear fine silk here or damask

this is a place where matters are most stark

life just becomes another weary task

you find that there's no drop left in the flask

and nothing will take fire from this last spark

we hide our faces underneath a mask

life just becomes another weary task

(C)2008, Fragano Ledgister