Take thine love.
Through a needle thread it.
Knot it safely 'pon the tip.
Ne'er may it slip.
At times, twill be taut and twisted.
Upon samplers,
such love loaded needle shall be run,
Led with care, through fabric squares and calico.
Love so sweet stumbles inwards, outwards.
No man shall ever know how such shiny love may flow.
It's leading needle, perhaps may scratch at times.
Golden flowing thread.
Together united, joined at the head.
Caught by the heart.
Together forever, nevermore to part.
(c)Livvi

"I'm completely speechless, " she says.

She continues, "I don't know what to say."

She goes on, speechlessly,
for another fifteen minutes.

I understand.

Sometimes speech is not enough
to express what I am feeling.
Sometimes it is sheer magic
that I am understood at all.

you
you
you
you
you
you
you

If you don’t mind, could we keep dancing?
If you don’t mind, could I hold you for a little while longer?
And, if you don’t mind, could you please hold me too?

It’s cold and it’s lonely over there—
over there with the wallflowers;
and, it's so nice here—
so nice here with you.

So, if you don’t mind, could we keep dancing?
And, if you don’t mind, could I hold you for a little while longer?
If you don’t mind, could you please hold me too?

You are strong.
You’ve shown that today.

Sometimes you are are afraid.
You lash out angrily
because you abhor weakness—
especially in yourself.

But, you are strong.
You’ve shown that today.

Sometimes you are enraged.
You rant furiously against
the injustices that you see;
that you’ve lived through.

But, you are strong.
You’ve shown that today.

Today you helped your most loyal,
your most devoted, companion
take the necessary next step
of her journey—of her life.

Showing, beyond a doubt,
that you are strong.

It’s not easy to be rich;
                                      but,
                ­                           it is easy to be poor.
To be rich, I must
                            always
                         ­               be accumulating more.
To be poor,
                   they just do nothing
                                                     at all.

It’s not easy to be poor;
                                        but,
              ­                               it’s easy to be rich.
To be poor, I must
                             always
                                        be working or else how will I eat?
To be rich,
                 they just do nothing
                                                   at all.