For Debbie especially, and all women

Her silence radiates and glows,
What does it show?
Her eyes bathe you in turquoise,
Naive elegance of poise.

She's a real lady of peace,
Her beauty will never cease.
Beautiful lady, will you ever know
This feeling I can't seem to show?

Woman, woman incarnate,
Could you ever satiate
My unspoken silent desire?
Could you calm this fire?

Woman child of sun and moon,
My heart accedes to you,
Nature's lust for bloody fight
Is lost in the night.

Natural lady, you let it be
For all to see.
Wonderful lady, if only I
Could hold your eye.

Eternal woman even this verse
Is coarse and terse
Before your endlessly loving stream -
Fabrication of my dream.

To attempt the description of your presence
Is more than my heart can withstand,
Your beauty tortures my every sense
You are the nirvana of my land.


PW - 5/25/1977