Mask of Love
     By Suzanna Kennedy

You cannot gaze upon me, beloved

For then you would know that

I am here at long last

You have grown used to the longing

The dreaming, the fantasizing about

The someday lover who will satisfy all your desires

To see me in all my glory

Would remind you of

Your own magnificence

Your own Divinity

To unmask me

Would be to unmask yourself

To let your own light

Shine brightly

Without shadow or filter

So I will wear the mask of love

And dance for you

You will feel safe enough to

Dance with me

And when we fall to the floor

In joyful exhaustion

The clock will strike midnight

The masks will dissolve

And we will merge together

In Sacred Union