MY LIFE

You're sweet and supple

Like honey on fresh bread

Still warm on top of the stove

You're surprisingly hard and rough

Like a puppy

Who won't let go of the rope

I thought you were like some flower

Easily broken at the stem

But in fact your like a mighty oak

With knots and curves and bends

I'm sorry I misjudged you

But you sing so woefully

I never imagined inside of you

Was this raging thoughtful beast

Didn't see you were such a handful

In such a gentle gorgeous way

If I were twice the man

I am

I'd be begging you to stay

You are a never ending equation

Like the square root of three

Or Pi

I'm now lost in quiet stupor

When I look you in the eye

Now that I've seen

This other side if you

That you revealed to me

I'm glad I get to share in it

But I hope some day you'll be

Happy from second to minute

Laughing for days and weeks

I hope you find true peace inside

And all the Words you seek

I guess I'm trying to say

Thank you

Not just for who you are

But for who you've been to me -

A living sign

Sent straight from God

Into my crazy dreams

A walking revelation

That I had found my home

A woman who's made me

Cry thoughtful tears

As I'm driving down the road

A careful friend

My boy's big sister

Who will teach him all the ropes

A goddess who I coveted

Who filled me up with hope

You have forever changed me

Since that tattoo seeking night

You'll always be the one to me

Who saved me from

My Life