Veil: 'I'll wait for the sun, I'll wait for the light, look for you to run, lost you in the night' - jpurdy

I am your veil,

and though I do not cover your eyes,

I've left you blind,

not so much that you'd stumble in the dark

to find your way

as the world stumbles over you,

so caught up in your gaze,

so curious of the secrets

that you hide.

and I am the mirror,

a surface hard as glass

you cannot penetrate

a vis-à-vis encounter with

the one you love to hate,

and though I mimic all your moves,

I've seen behind our veil

and know that you are you

behind the fears, you cannot tell

a truth to me or to yourself,

the hour, one day, shall come

when veils fall down or mirrors break

and love is on your tongue.