Downy white hairs
Kissing your cheek
Lines hugging face
Curves cling to waist
My eyes wrap round
Your whole being
Love who you are
In every possible way
A painter poised
Dips nib on palette
Tenderly caresses
Curves and shades
From whispers
To grand gestures
Silence fills blank space
What's left unsaid
Presence like a guest
Stepping backwards
Canvas a kaleidoscope
Never erased
Grace me your presence I'll show gratitude With woven keepsakes Letters penned with Nervous fingers Eyes squinting through Brave smiles Tinged with tears Their worth on earth Insignificant Compared to the hours Spent deliberating From conception To delivery So many gifts Not borne Out of propriety Cakes pretending to be Bouquets of flowers Dates quiet candle lit Bars of mirrors Flowing golden liquid In glass walled shrines Escaping the haste To a yellow cottage On the coast With nothing but A bottle, a book And ourselves Dreams that teach me Who I am To be