THE PERSONA - THE MASK

Persona Pantooms

I.
Trying on false faces
To see how they play to the crowd
Secretly changing places
Talking fast and laughing loud

To see how they play to the crowd
Sniffing the air for gain
Talking fast and laughing loud
The mask will hide the pain

Sniffing the air for gain
Secretly changing places
The mask will hide the pain
Trying on false faces



II.
One mask comes off, another is there
There is always a new false face
A pantomime of solitaire
Replace, replace, replace

There is always a new false face
Put the old one in the jar
Replace, replace, replace
For who knows who we really are?

Put the old one in the jar
A pantomime of solitaire
For who knows who we really are?
One mask comes off, another is there



©Edwina Peterson Cross