For Natasha

Of course it was you
Only you who are strong enough to even be loved by me
    To take the brunt of my love
It seems so simple a fact that you could walk into
the desolate land of my soul and carve out a paradise
of your own design

Of course it was you--fearless you, who has conquered
so many frontiers
Who will walk into any wilderness armed only with her grace
and join into harmony with the surrounding lands so fully
that in times to come science will swear you evolved there

Of course it was you that tamed my animal nature,
     led on by the promise of sustenance and nurtured though
the most painful growing pains.
You are shepherd in my heart's meadow; my feelings gather
unto you for protection from the world and its storms

Of course it is you that guides me through the trails
and the darkest nights. You, the attraction of the axis itself
always showing me the way.
My compass, my sextant, my brightest star. Of course it was you.
And I'm glad it was you, of course.



4.18.08
manic