Masked

TW

I cup your face in my palm
and look you square in the eye
I am the curve of your smile
but you laugh behind my hand

I am your armour
Your camouflage
I leave you unrecognisable
You hide behind my back

During these uncertain times
When you can’t see what’s ahead
I am the one who’s holding
your breath

Sarah Rice

 

Sarah Rice’s poetry collection Fingertip of the Tongue (UWAP) won the Eyelands International Book Awards and was shortlisted in the ACT Publishing Awards. Sarah won the Ron Pretty and Bruce Dawe, and co-won the Writing Ventures, and Gwen Harwood poetry prizes, and has been shortlisted in numerous national and international writing awards. Her work has been published extensively.

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