Lady With the Opera Mask

Though I can’t see your lips, I can see love in your eyes, with the way they are burning with wild passion Though I don’t know you facially, there is a whisper of Venus telling me that we have (had) a very close and warm relationship that has lasted for years Seeing you not noticing the tunes of the violins, splendor of the perfumed candles, as their flames gently dance from side to side, and the rose petals that have flooded the floor, I believe the whisperer to be saying the truth It is only by removing your opera mask that I can know you really are to my life; but the only problem is that you are attempting to run away when my fingers near your hidden face, leaving me with clues to trace of your life and history from anyone who is next to me, wearing an opera mask just like you and I Date of Publishing: 2/24/2014