There's this woman...

[serene]

There's this woman

she inspires magenta
and wears it well
and talks with her hands, even in text

she radiates peace
but not that fluffy
new-age
marshmallow peace

it's stone contentment
rock-solid, knowing
herself as its source and
its creation

she eases onto the stage
and takes it over
she eases into your dreams
and takes you over

she is a force of nature
the kind of nature that washes
over you with its beauty, then
drags you out behind the barn
for a smoke and a drink and a laugh

she is language
word simplicity
she is a haiku -- no,
she is a dramatic monologue that leaves them
laughing in the aisles

There's this woman
she is vital
she is creation
and she lets me breathe by being this woman
this woman I recognize inside
the woman that is me


Happy birthday, kightp! Love you lots.