M***

I judge my relationships by the amount of poetry I can construct within them    
by the amount of inspiration we exude betwixt our interactions    
as long as the ends justify the means  
you are means to an art    
no. you are means to a start    
and I don't think the word muse adequately expresses what you actually do.  
I say this not with civility    
a bit of gratitude. Maybe.    
the kind that grows  
gradually as gravity pulls me into something new  
the further I get the more I see how much you truly inspired me   
And I don't think the word muse adequately expresses what you actually do  
but for lack of a better word
that's the word I choose to use.