I watched you unfurl
Before me
A flower
Who’s petals uncurl
Opening towards the sun
You have bloomed
In front of my very eyes
You do not fail to surprise
Me again and again
You have been stomped on
And refused water
I have seen you sadden and wilt
Even as you droop
You refuse to go under
Your will to go on
Cannot be smothered
You were a girl when our souls first
Learned to dance together
Your jacket was leather
And your eyes thickly ringed in black
You carried your tragedies with you like perfume
And had the tendency to attract the attention of any passing by
You took your desires and willed them to life
A baby, an apartment, and then you were a wife!
I watched how you grew and changed
Your edges got softer and you soft parts grew armour
Your heart tottered around on two chubby legs
And cried as if the world was ending when you took something that might hurt her
You became a women
Strong And fierce
Capable of endless feelings
And breaking a thousand times over
But always healing.
