Like the moonI have learnedto be beautifulin darkness.

I startedYou finishedI endedYou beganI pausedYou continuedI whisperedYou sangI thoughtYou knewI lingeredYou ranI lookedYou reflectedI am womanYou are man

I weave around your heartDrawing out your sorrowIn slow-releasing tendrilsI tend to your woundsAnd bathe you in tender love

As I tore myself from youI heard a weeping soundYou thread a needleto darn the hole I leftand embroider a new plan

We try to divorce our painby searching a sea of facesto ease our inner ache.Life’s challenge is to transform our painand marry the beauty within us.

If my eyes are covered by shadowsIf my lips cannot utter a soundThe truth within me shall find youBy the light of our infinite bond

You plucked me like a flowerfrom your secret garden;pressing my petals to your lips,inhaling deeply of my fragrance.You placed me in your lapelso you could feel my presenceclose to your heart.And when the flower faded,you cast it asideunaware that I had bloomedin a million other ways.

I swing like a pendulum between the darkness and the light,sometimes it feels like gallowsother times it feels like flight.

If I fall from loveAnd I am torn in twoBe gentle with my heartForgive my shadowsI must rest awhileFor my wings to spreadAnd fly back to you