absolute secrecy

even though
you
are
a thing of
beauty
I must hide you
well
from view

veiled
and shrouded
from the
disapproving
public eyes
and the
curious
friendly ones

I am sad
your beauty
will now have
to go
unappreciated
by all
but me

but don’t
you
be sad

one
day

like the

frond
of
the
fern

you
will
un-
furl

to reveal
your
whimsical
glory
in
all
its
splendor

until then

accept my
unworthy
admiration

and let these
swathes of
veil
conceal
you

for these
veils
of secrecy
and
mystique
this
enigmatic
masquerade

will
only
intensify
your
luminous
beauty



6^th - 7^th April 2005