She is life relentless
confident as a whisper never forced
hers is a smile like sunrise,
in its warmth to linger
as she burns within me
She is thoughtful and articulate
and rarely wrong
a whirlwind of possibility that I buy into
she is strong
She doesn’t need me
yet she chooses to need me
she is strong-willed but submissive,
stubborn, resolved
she believes in right and fair
and I believe in her
Careful in words,
she is expressive and kind
the finest friend I’ve ever known
the best friend I’ll ever want
She is pure though she might doubt it
gentle in demeanour
honest and sincere
And when she reaches out to me I hold her
like precious porcelain
her body shapes to mine
and steals my breath away
And she is here
and she is mine
pictures clear in a memory blurred
she is beautiful beyond these words
For AC May 09
