lady

 
gentle and kind
quietly she approaches
the side of me I shelter

she is the delicate breeze on a warm day
the cool waters on your hot brow
you would give your life to protect her
 
in the stillness, she speaks
rose petal wishes, she weeps
tender are her thoughts
painful feelings she hides
under rain-darkened skies
 
listen as she sings
her song of renewal
she is born to each new day
 
her first blush  
witnessed by the angels
they reap her tears
God wears them in a vial  
round his neck
 
closely guarded and marked;  
are her steps
destined to be more
her star shine  
yawns, stretch and evolves
 
you will know her  
when she appears to you
a new dawn awakens
within her growing pains
 
as she shakes;  
the day's misunderstandings
her eyes ease open
in tune with her heart's melody
with a small pirouette, she is gone