Tag: veil

I put on another veil, watching myself disappear into the black folds of this confining fabric I hate so much. Knowing that this is another day when I have to pretend to be something I am not. My mother walks into the room, sporting a bruise on her back. It is not the first time. She silently gives me the analgesic and antibiotic creams to apply for her. I ask her calmly what happened again. She said he found...