The Angel Behind The Veil

One of my interests is helping people through personal coaching and I sometimes write a poem for them to take away and refer to. Here's one.

The Angel Behind the Veil


Behind a veil of bravado
The angel hides away
Hoping against hope
To survive another day

Another day of sadness
Deep within her heart
Waiting, waiting, waiting
For her life to start

Coping with life’s troubles
And all she makes them mean
Feeling like a person
Too easily unseen

Spending all her time
Worrying about
What others say or think
Of self belief there is a drought

The confident veneer
Hides a simple truth
She does not know who she is
And hasn’t since her youth

The angel wipes a tear
From her precious soul
Whilst smiling to the world
And searching for a goal

An angel as radiant
As anything we see
Visible to others
But not clearly

And now the veil
Is lifting from her face
Revealing an angel
To warm the human race