I'm still glad you're lovely

You are lovely,

like a morning sky of pink
and light and blue


As when I glimpse the dawn
my heart alights
and breathing fresh
renews my sleepy soul,

So does a thought of you
release my mind
from heavy fog
and dark concerns recurrent

You needn’t but exist
or have once done so;
that I thereafter live
with greater zeal.

The sidewalk that before
was made for treading
now seems a starlit bed
or stream for hopping

A day of grey and chores
my spirit dimmed;
yet now it’s mist and
possibility

And though I think
you do not share my wish
to brave a worldly journey
side by side

Your knowing eyes
your piercing wit
your generosity

endow my heart
with hope and flight

and that’s enough for me—

2/13/10