precious*
kelly grace smith
You are precious to me,
as precious as the basic goodness of my birth.
I stand on this ground
fearless,
unflinching.
You are sacred to me and I am
devoted to you.
Devoted to
the magnificence of you.
You are
magic.
My heart is within you, within me.
Do you see?
So nothing less than all of you will do.
As you are me and I
am you.
You are my other and I love you as no other.
There is no
other.
I love you as I love my self
I can love you no less.
You are my love, my acceptance, my freedom.
*From the collection, “And so we dance.”
