The Passing Tax

Comfiness
Wine and chocolate
Laptops warming poor laps
Peppers vs Capsicums
Secrets
Daydreams and sighs
As one tries
to keep from lying
To the others
Of the deep down
Hidden
Carefully wrapped
In layers of fear
Delicate gossamer strands of hope
Tickling and warm
Rising briefly above the surface
To shine deep down in the soul
Spread endlessly
Shaking the bones and a smile on the face.
But it ducks beneath,
Softly disappearing
Beneath layers of thought
Of worry and fear.
The hope
To hide beneath
Lighting a shy light
Deep in the heart
Where I smile from time to time
And I find myself at my happiest.