Unmasking
by Kerfe Roig
What looks back? An outline, an ear, a nose? Where is the mouth? Emotions ride the eyes in waves over the barrier between inside and out.
reaching
to balance
breath with invisibility
The atmosphere is unsettled. Who (e)merges, from and with, behind, between?
This face: who does it belong to? It appears liquid, fractured like a mirrored jewel, shimmering with unnamable currents, transformed by filtered light. Both distorted and reflected.
disembodied words
search for certainty—was it
ever really there?
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: When I look in the mirror to adjust my mask, I barely recognize my face, especially with my sweatshirt hood pulled up. And it feels strange to go outside among mostly masked people who avoid even looking at each other as they hurry past. My first forays out were always in drizzle or right after it had rained. The face in puddles was even more alien than that of the one in the mirror.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kerfe Roig lives and works in New York City, where she plays with images and words and blogs about it at kblog.blog.
Illustrations by the author.
Silver Birch Press 
Reblogged this on method two madness and commented:
My contribution to the “Mask” series at Silver Birch Press.
This is an excellent piece. The overlay of the mask into the picture is very clever.
Thanks Robbie. It was a bit of a struggle to get it to work (I took a line drawing, converted it to white, and overlaid it on the background in Photoshop), but I was pleased with the result.
Well done on working it out. The result is excellent.
Like your blend of art and words! Thank you!
Thanks Mary!