Covered Girl
I stood there silently on the left side
The side which tradition says I must be
Vigilantly in my scarf I did hide
Afraid of the beauty others might see.
Mother to my left, cousin on my right
Still praying but neither of them as clothed
Though veiled I remained in the crosshair's sight
And still for my body a woman loathed.
"I saw this girl in front of me and thought
How I wished my body was such a view
Then the girl moved to a different spot
And I realized the covered girl was you."
To cover my beauty, that was my choice
Did it work or does beauty bear new voice?