She who...

I have a friend who's very smart and beautiful.  I guess you might call her an artist because everything she does has perfection in it's seams.  She accomplishes nothing half-assed.  She's strong and sensitive.  She's in a position where she doesn't have to work so she chooses not to.  Instead, I suppose she is either some sort of adventuress or perhaps a stay-at-home wife to her wife. (They did get married.)  I  have no clue what she does all day.

I have a friend who's very smart and beautiful.  Much of her day is consumed with her five teenage children and husband.  She may also be teaching on some level.  She is a dancer in her heart.  She has learning difficulties but she made it through out of sheer stubborness.  She stays busy.  She has little choice.  No one would ever guess the things she's been through, or how much we loved each other, unrequittedly, long ago.

I have a friend who's very smart and beautiful.  She works very hard.  She loves to drive.  Recently becoming a co-mother has been very stressful.  Her wedding was a grand event, attended by many, complete with the photos.  She is task-oriented and the things she does would have just about killed me.  (I tend to think about the process more.)  She seems able to do anything.  And she always seems to enjoy her job, whatever it happens to be.

I have a friend who's very smart and beautiful.  She is well-off in the world because she and her husband make a decent living.  She is brassy and out-spoken.  Once her mind is made up you'd be  wise to just do as she says.  Sometimes she is so adamant about having her way that she doesn't listen to other people.  But things get done.  People complain about her behind her back, but people who really know her adore her. She is a different person away from work.  She's so much smarter than people realize, and so much softer and loving, too.

She who

sings the sonnets

of the air and

birds upon it

frequently

moves through me

like love

and joy

and fright