Veiled

Directly below the surface

Bubbling with intentions

I see your feelings

Some hot, many cold

But still visible.

You speak your words laced with double meanings

You use your pen to heal but also to sting

It’s a process I am sure

One you are happy to repeat, over and over

You are veiled but there is someone that hears your heart

The voices in your head yell and scream and cry

They explain and question and wonder why oh why

You veil your pain in bubbly speech

It’s noticed as much as the sometime nervous giggle

Though pushed down the same feelings emerge

Tauntingly, and with caution you test waters.

I can not quench what I know will become bitter

I hope your boiling will subside

Both in want and in anger.

So much ahead, one should not spend time holding

A veil.

©Lainey Starr 2010

That Smile

I recall the first time, that I did spy

That sparkling smile that caught my eye

That glow it brought to my face caught me by surprise

You see, I never had any intent to get caught up

Ensnarled

Tangled

In sunshine

Having been burned several times

My love needed time to heal and grow anew

To cover my heart with protection

From the next potential heartbreak

Yet there you were, arms open, smile broad

Welcoming me into you.

Reluctantly I took a step.. testing the ground

Wondering if a foundation would be strong enough

You voice wrapped around my soul with a deep, rich laugh

You words comforted me when I needed them most

You matched my wit and my sarcasm to a tee

I had to look in the mirror to make sure I was still me.

Where was the wall I normally have..the bricks lay off to the side.

No fronting, no pretense.

Just you and I

Learning you and exposing me

I like this. And you. Pow!

©Lainey Starr 2010