KAPU LEWIS

Moonface

I have a mask
of fool’s gold
layered leaf upon leaf
it reflects words like moonlight
starry smiles and moistured eyes

My grandfather had a mask
of canvas
brilliant Welsh artist
skirt chaser
conscientious WWII objector

My mother’s mask
is papier mâché
self-flagellating failure
pen & ink sketcher
could do better

The ribbons of our masks are
made of iron
they slip awhile but cannot be untied
soldered in the spotlight of life
we know not what lies behind

Kapu Lewis is an emerging Welsh writer and poet, working in the TV and film industry and studying for an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Kent, UK. She is interested in exploring mental health and Autism through prose and poetry.

Her work has been published by the indie press and in literary journals including Epoque Press, Erro Press, MIROnline, The Menteur, and Handwritten & Co, an Asian literary journal.

She can be followed on social media at:

Threads – @kapulewis
Twitter X – @kapulewis
Instagram – @kapulewis