Face turning pale, her breath failed with a start. <br />Being half-loved had dissembled her heart. <br /> <br />Quietly subdued, yet inwardly weeping <br />Over news, that 'tho discreetly taken, <br />Was shockingly hard.. Scars she'd been keeping <br />Warily disguised, she yet quite shaken, <br />Disclosed to her soul. Alone now, wholey <br />Inept at accepting this mind-blowing <br />Note.She would miss him so much, this going <br />She knew would leave holes that she couldn't show. <br /> <br />Admitting her treasure could always erode, <br />And future dreams be dissolved, now events <br />Uncover routine as unseemly. Exploding <br />With disbelief, grieving, she later repents. <br />Knowing her life as already ordered <br />By sometimes tortured assent, she borders <br />Now on disquieting alarm, this scheming <br />To please the unpleaseable leaches her. <br /> <br />Drop by wearying drop, her heart leaning <br />Towards dulling acceptance, now subsides <br />Into half-life again. Hopes once believed <br />Are left hanging by threads spread so finely. <br />She hardly now measures a truth from a lie. <br />Knowing well how to disguise, she just sighs.<br /><br />Fay Slimm<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-quiet-disguise/
