"Delicate"

"Delicate"

Soft, thin layers,

Everywhere.

So gentle and tender,

Requiring careful care.

Beautiful layers,

Exquisite to see,

Of you

That you've shown me.

So soft of layers,

So gentle of soul

That when you smile,

It is truly beautiful.

So soft of layers,

Made thinner from before-

Made fragile by a painful past;

A wall put up to protect your core.

So soft of layers.

So shy to speak.

So timid and unsure in life;

You're almost afraid to be.

So soft of layers.

So careful of ways.

I wish, my love, that you could know

That to live is okay.

So soft of layers,

Known only to me.

Author:  April Morone

Date, written:  Sept. 16th, 2012