The most secret sorrow you cannot name
that keeps you forever closed apart,
the dark, unspeakable secret shame
that haunts the hollow shell of your heart ~
you wrap it about yourself, a veil,
a garment of sorrow you choose to wear,
an all-encompassing shawl of the soul
as fluid and sensual as your hair ~
a shimmering, hue-of-twilight dress
adhering to your exquisite form
with the elemental loveliness
of roselight after an autumn storm.
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