Masquerade Your Feelings

He knew it was her

From the stare in her eyes.

The mask gave her no advantage,

The facade provided no way to hide.

He was to ask her a question,

A very important one indeed.

He was to ask for her hand in marriage.

A "Yes" was nearly guaranteed.

He begins to walk towards her,

But she does not recognize his face.

She walks away swiftly

To some other place.

Discreetly, he follows

And what he sees make him deeply swallow.

His dreams and plans flee from his mind,

And he begins to think of better times.

He doesn't want to acknowledge what he sees,

Can't explain it without blaming it on fantasies...

There she is, mask removed,

Her love for him unproved

As she tenderly kisses another man.

Turning away, she takes his hand.