windows

Stare through and further beyond
Layers of fears and suspicions
Built on trial and error
Masks of nonchalant carelessness

Separate the saturated pretenses
Withstand the eerie silences
Running through it over again
Preventive measures of caution

Sand becomes silt, becomes dust
Closed becomes coy, becomes cozy
Stages of breaking down a barricade
Inroads made on confidence

Gaze at a softened reflection
Earned through a gradual intimacy
Where else could souls commune
Within the irises of fate