For Alexandra

Let me wake up gently in the tears of thy eyes,
and I will surrender to thy love as an everlasting shield.
As thy guiding strength becomes far removed from these mortal skies,
I will breath in the soft of thy greenest field.

This blossomed heart will always yield to thy bedroom's call,
as if no other purpose in my life remains.
Include me daily in the kindness of thy scrapbook hall,
for thy rose is the life by which my life is thus sustained.

Just let this trust be complete in thy remembrance of night falls past,
and I will try to make it truly so.
Let the daybreak promise of thy kiss be mine alone to ask,
and I will wrap my heart with a perfect bow.

Let the daybreak promise of thy kiss be mine alone to ask,
and I will wrap my heart with a perfect bow.

{For Alexandra Gulkin, a new and shining star}

{Picture courtesy of Mike Oberg}