I knew a woman who used be
A beautiful intense kind of mystery
Deep and dark as a star less sky
Who found friends so easily enthralled
By her surgical and creative madness
Red rivers running still, filled with sadness
With the deepest affection I embraced her
Like a little sister

When she disappeared
I feared pain had overrun
The wonder and deliberate darkness
I had drawn so much inspiration from
Keeping my own company
I wept for the loss of a dear friend

So when she came back in
Beautiful Emily transformed  
Into radiant Darrin
Glowing from the growing
The seedling of his truest self
I wept gently, happy to see
How close to happy he could be
Daring to pursue the truth
In spite of those who insisted
He  persist in pursuing a lie
I love how he found the truth inside