The Layers

You see her

but do you really see her

You see her but she cannot be defined

by what you see

the colors of her skin, her eyes, none of that defines her

You see her outward appearance but

it is what is under her skin that defines her

There you can see the beauty of strength

and the danger and the fear

There you see the layers of disappointment

and of great joy

There in the layers of her life

you see the past and the present

you see her heart that has bled out 

You see the love that flows from it

you see the warrior and the child

you see that she is every woman

and yet fiercly her own woman

You see her but you can't possbily know her

she is so much more than you can imagine

debbie hornsby