her_she_is leif She is my most protected and precious secret She is beauty and charm She is intrigue and depth The brightness in her smile melted the oxygen from my core If she hadn’t extended her hand And in one clear moment of acceptance I, in turn, placed mine I would have succumbed to the Earth’s offer to swallow me whole She is strength and worth She is clear and complete And within hearts she is hidden In fears and confusions where she doesn’t belong No one claims her hand for it’s perfect touch Or her lips for their sweetest kiss She stays so deceptively buried, lost, and in secret She is peace and care She is perception and innocence One day I decided “She’ll be my best kept secret” A perfect hidden jewel But I’ll never feel it’s right That I hide her from the world She is grace and humility She is passion and resplendence Each tiny letter exchanged I capture in careful memory The secret grows as the jewel glistens And I wonder of the songs I could sing How I could fill endless ears with testaments to her value Still, she is my most protected and precious secret 120727 ... leif She is pain where I never expected. 120823 ... leif She is only there when it suits her. 121220 ... leif She is gone. 130110 ... leif She is all over my skin. I am electric with the memory of her. I can't let her go. 130520 ... leif she is the reason I feel incapable of commitment. and the reason i don't trust myself. 140621 ... leif she is my worst addiction. 140829 ... leif She isn't worth the memory I grant her. 150202 ... leif ^ I was wrong. She is the one I want. 150404 what's it to you? who go blather from