Slightly Off Center
Raindrops
Just moments before love's possibilities
come to knock on my door,
I laugh,
and gently weep
for there have been knockings before.
I have been given the ways of the male,
But pray thee,
if necessary,
tears will wash my eyes
if delusion should follow.
If love's refuge comes,
I shall enhance it
with all my imaginations of loves will.
If it be watching,
I shall be all eyes,
If it need caressing,
I shall transform my body into the winds
and seas of nature to please.
If asked to speak or listen,
just the motion for its cue.
I am what I am,
not gold nor silver riches,
But fear not your worth what is given
shall suffice the moments be
them long or short.
© © Philip J. Rappa 1982
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