Such fragile masquerade dresses <br />And secretes her within a veneer. <br /> <br />Disguises her turmoil in best <br />Behaviour, covers all holes so geared <br />To crack her unstable pretence. <br /> <br />No-one must yet deem her in love. <br /> <br />Enchanted with recent events, <br />She vacillates between tears, moving <br />To delirious laughter, - - frail <br />Excuses burst from her lips, ruin <br />Composure, but to no avail. <br /> <br />Gone went the shield she was seen through. <br /> <br />When now her pose she sheds, then love's charms <br />At last undress her, - - - - - and she is disarmed.<br /><br />Fay Slimm<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/masquerading/
