as the cat steps on me, it is

totally unaware to what the veil is.

the veil is always

covering me from head to toe,

and beyond

numbing the hands, which ache to do

freezing my feet, whom plead to move

silencing what could spring me

towards a future, blocking all

that is around, leaving only the past

for me to see

the veil is thin as a breath

opaque as hopelessness

and heavy as a butterfly

causing a hurricane on the other

side of the globe