SHE BELIEVES IN ANGELS
AND SPELLS OF MAGIC
POTIONS THAT CURE
ALL THAT IS TRAGIC,
FULL BLOWN MOONS
AND CHILDREN’S TUNES,
AND SWEEPING
ROMANTIC
PROSE,
SLICING ENORMOUS
CHUNKS OF LOVE
EVERYWHERE
SHE GOES,
SHE’S INSPIRING
UNTIRING
WIRED FOR SPEED
WHEN IT COMES TO
CARING AND FILLING
THE NEED,
HOWEVER,
AS WITH
ALL GOOD THINGS,
THERE COMES A
SHOULDERING
EVER SO BOLD
THAT YOU CANNOT
MISS THE MESSAGE TOLD,
AND WITH ONE
PHONE CALL,
THAT WAS THE CASE:
SHE WAS FLOATING ABOUT
IN A PAINFUL SPACE,
UNABLE TO FIGHT
AND CONTINUE THE RACE
AS OTHERS WATCH
IN HELPLESS
CONCERN,
WE FINALLY LEARN
WHAT SPIRIT LIVES
IN THE HEART THAT GIVES,
A FIRE THAT
CROSSES THE LINES
TO WIN AGAIN
AND AGAIN,
AND AGAIN,
A WOMAN IMMERSED
IN HER PRIME,