One thousand lives
inside her eyes
so deep
so stunning
breathlessly
I gaze upon her
bewitched by her beauty.
Possessor of a charm
no other being
has been able to
emulate - though
they desperately try.
Drunk on her presence,
I write
I dance
I become
no longer myself
transported to some
other level of life.
She opens the door
to my soul
healing this wounded wreckage.
She pours into me
this elixir -
her very self.
As she tilts her head
that all-knowing smile
alights upon her face
her eyes twinkle
and I know
I know
I can do anything.
(about my niece - seeing her for the 1st time)
(March 2006)
