She deftly lifts the veil,
and the view startles me.
No, not the exquisite beauty...
but the scars that I see.

And she smiles coyly,
for a secret she's revealed.
But under that pretty smile,
there are tears concealed.

She lets the veil fall...
"No one else knows" she says.
And from the girl in the mirror,
she slowly parts ways