SHE

She learns to get close to life

so that when she speaks,

she speaks of reality,

and when she listens,

she hears only the truth.

The world is her footstool,

her adventure, her lover,

her vulnerability

and her pride.

She becomess an intricate part

of it's byways,

and fills it with her spirit:

no rural sort is she.

She is ever seeking battle,

wanting to know

how sharp her teeth are

and what will fell her

She does not crowd herself in

with her past or her present;

but she gives herself

room for growth.

She is ever at the helm,

so that from it's enviornment

she can absorb it's wisdom.

She cannot rest in peace

unless her strengththat day

was used for noble work.

She covers up her desires

to hide them from her view

when she has work to do.