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Saturday, April 17, 2010

MASK

For One Single Impression - Mask


NO MASK REQUIRED

Within the mask – deception
Without the mask – yet more lies
It can often be that way
As we live - and learn to hide







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Sometimes I honestly think
The wisest person I know
Is my two year old daughter...
No Mask necessary here
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The light that pours out of her
Is a golden glow – so pure…
Free of adulterated
Artificial influence…
Telling nothing but the truth
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Although she can’t speak English
And my Thai – inadequate
Communication happens
And understanding ensues


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This photograph
copyright © Kanpirom Srisongnang
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A level of perception
That we grow in and out of
Some might call it ESP

Others; Perfect Sense Effect
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19 comments:

  1. lucychiliApril 17, 2010 at 1:09 PM

    an interesting journey for you both
    a sort of family language

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  2. Stan SkiApril 17, 2010 at 1:52 PM

    Thanks Lucychili; Kids; innocence; honesty; understanding.

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  3. Aayushi MehtaApril 17, 2010 at 7:26 PM

    Lovely. Especially the closing lines.

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  4. Stan SkiApril 18, 2010 at 4:43 AM

    Thanks Aayushi; Small kids just have a way of making sense and making themselves understood.

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  5. JimApril 18, 2010 at 12:04 PM

    Kids are so innocent. Until they learn to hide things they have nothing to hide. Most times learning deception is very painful (mine was). After the later lessons comes deception and the mask.
    I like this Stan. And, you have cute kids. Your mask is special too.
    ..

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  6. Stan SkiApril 18, 2010 at 12:32 PM

    Thanks Jim; I'll enjoy the innocence while it lasts...

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  7. gautami tripathyApril 18, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    Your daughter so sweet. No mask is needed for kids.

    rosy mask

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  8. Stan SkiApril 18, 2010 at 3:14 PM

    Thanks Gautami; Clearly, she takes after her mother... ;)

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  9. totomaiApril 18, 2010 at 3:39 PM

    everyday is day of discovery between the two of you :-) Thai and Eng and it's the bond between you that is more important.. more important than verbal expression

    i liked the first stanza too

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  10. Stan SkiApril 18, 2010 at 3:42 PM

    Thanks Totomai; She and I can both learn a lot from each other.

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  11. Vinay Leo R.April 18, 2010 at 6:19 PM

    Stan,
    this was so wonderful poem abt u and ur daughter :) she's so darn cute too. lovely write. just wonderful..! :)

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  12. SandyCarlsonApril 18, 2010 at 7:31 PM

    Children know. They are so pure. A beautiful poem from father to daughter.

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  13. Stan SkiApril 19, 2010 at 6:01 AM

    Thanks to:
    Leo; She's at that stage, where everything she does and says makes her seem much older than she realy is.
    Sandy; She knows, and she's learning at an incredible rate.

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  14. AnonymousApril 20, 2010 at 2:47 AM

    This is nice, and something I hope you save to show her when she is twenty.

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  15. Tammie LeeApril 20, 2010 at 4:51 AM

    lovely piece for mask. Your daughter is sweet as can be and there are many ways to understand one another. the innocent need no masks, but then again do any of us?

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  16. Stan SkiApril 20, 2010 at 6:15 AM

    Thanks to:
    Fourwinds; I'll certainly do that.
    Tammie; A bit of a chicken/egg one that, although we know the mask wasn't first - but who started it...?

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  17. PattiApril 22, 2010 at 8:09 AM

    This was beautiful as are the pictures. Oh to be maskless like little children are able to be.

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  18. Stan SkiApril 22, 2010 at 9:42 AM

    Thanks Patti; Enjoying it while it lasts.

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  19. gabrielleApril 24, 2010 at 6:36 AM

    Your daughter is beautiful. We can learn (to unlearn) so much from our children.
    Made me think of Picasso learning to paint classically only to see things again as a child.

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