"Miriam"
©June 1999 by Erika

Note:  This poem is to the woman of my dreams, that I found beside me, awake, only months ago.  I am a young femme lesbian, that recently moved far away from her girlfriend.  My girlfriend is the most wonderful, kind, beautiful woman and person I have ever known.  Her birthday is coming up soon, I sent this poem to her as a kind of gift.  A very, very deep gift.  It came from the deepest parts of my heart.  I miss her..

Tell the weekend traveler, "I ador,"
to this letter I give thee,
tokens of heavy, weighted love,
staggering, blindly loving,
missing all that her heart tells,
for she is the light that blossoms the lily,
to dance for me,
singing the song of love and joy.