Reveal yourself

To the world whose

Words, still smile;

Tears, still mean shared

Agony; where streets

Still have bargaining aunties,

And innocent faces.

Reveal yourself,

Removing one mask

At a time, my love.

If not them, tell your

Story to the moonlight

Which will visit you in parts

Every night when it finds you

Lonesome, to star your dark sky.

If not him, you can whisper

The words jumping in your mind,

To my ears, and I will swear to

Never murmur those, my precious.

You may speak to me about your

Questions about life,

Or spill them on paper asking

The blank silence for answers.