Sweetness you came my way
Though, others may not notice
I will forever appreciate
Your here, your now
Your ears, the grace in your bow
The place you’ve captured inside of my soul
The way I thought nothing ever would
Or, nothing ever could build foundations like you did
Or, turn windows and wood into a home
The way a bird perches in twigs and feathers
And lays its children so safe and sheltered
Beneath the leaves and wings of love
Within the crisp air of early spring
But, with warmth from the sun so deep
Only praise and relief seem adequate
And quietly apt in describing a feeling
So obviously unprepared for
So completely absorbed
Into a raging soul now safe from a storm
As the sun rises into the sheltered morning
A beak peaks from the shell
And, cries in the purity of need ringing out
Like beautiful melodies of sweetness