She knows she's imperfect and full of flaws
Not the one that would make the crowd applause,
She doesn't like to wear heels and **** dresses
Just a pair comfy clothes but not to look like a mess.

She's not the one that blushes in every pick up lines
Rather, she'll throw you joke you'll be needing your lifeline,
She doesn't have expensive things every woman dreamed about
But she's a real and grounded woman you can never doubt that.

She wanders to places to see our beautiful nature
Instead of shopping and clubbing it isn't cool,
She doesn't have her own car like it's a majority rule,
You'll see that's not her case, unless it's a carpool.

She might not be the perfect woman you see in the drama
Nor the beautiful one in every angle of your camera,
But I'm telling you when she loves she knows it right
To give it all and she'll do that with all her heart.

She endured her bitter past that made her more matured
and imperfections doesn't feel her insecure,
You'll never have to worry you can be rest assured
and her feelings of love are genuine and pure.

In Loving Honor of Joseph Wulf
R.I.P.
Christi Michaels  8-31-2015
☆●♡●☆

Tonight my friend could not breathe
Lungs ravaged from long ago
Served our country as a young man
Shoulders, hip and leg bones
broke by the jungles below

A Harley Man through and through
JFD's became his Corps
Never wavered in his allegiance
to his country or his force

One of the smartest men
I have ever known
Could recite passages from long ago
abreast of topics from far and wide
a history buff so knowlegable

A brother to many, a father to one
Devoted to all he loved
A truer friend could not be had
So very popular he was!!

Joe was my protector
as I was a wild young thing
Was my confidant and
chaperone starting at just 17

Accompanied the first date with
my husband 30 years ago
Gave his blessings that first night~
To my children he was Uncle Joe

The older brother I never had.
Blessed to love him 40 years
My whole being trembles at the
thought of losing him
I weave Love within these tears

☆●●♡●●♡●●☆
~Christi Michaels~April 2015~
Copyright © 2015 Christi Michaels.
All Rights Reserved.

♡●♡●♡●♡    Ode to Joe   ♡●♡●♡●♡
This poem was written upon Joe entering
Hospice. His sisters provided
Constant Vigil and Loving Care.
Joe passed on 8-15-2015
This was read at Joes Military Burial
Fort Snelling National Cemetery
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
8-31-2015

In the sanctuary of love
Precious relics are on display
Rare moments of solitude
Stupefied by the grandeur
Reading the precious scriptures
Invoking the celestial force
Long forgotten rituals
Trapped between the papyrus
Love is not what love seems
Misinterpretation
Leaving us with our interpretation
Here, in the sanctuary
The soul awakens
Flame from the core enlightens
Guiding light of love
A path leads to the heart
If love is not true
It won’t hold strong
Will be swept away sooner
In the debris
It’s more than the cloak
Simple, yet so rigorous
Love is the force
That will withstand time

My love can be pure
Even if yours never was
Still, I'll let you go

*s.q.