veneer

you always look 

so dark and broody

so lost in thought

it's hugely

disconcerting

watching the shadows

flit across your face

each half thought

a wish to trace

the lines of worry

so unearthly

to take away the pain 

you feel, to watch you heal

and to heal in the process

you always look

so troubled and wounded

lucid 

              translucent

i can see 

                         through
your see-through
veneer