The first product of poetry class 2009

This is my first poetry assignment of the class this year.

YOU

You are a person. A human-being living.

You are a breath of fresh air on a cool spring,

Or frigid winter day.

You are hope,

A beacon for all the other You’s lost at sea.

You are the vastness of the oceans, the comfort of your home.

You are the world, the crashing waves, and the sea foam residue.

You are the calls of the birds, the winds through the trees.

You are the beating heart, the bass, the drums of the symphony.

You are the flutes, the strings, the melody.

You are a spiders’ web.

Complex, and beautiful, and strong,

Connecting many different paths to one single piece of art.

You are forever.

For better or for worse, till’ death do us part.

You are magical, a wizard in their prime.

You are spectacular, like the Fourth of July.

You are serene,

The peace, the strength, the desire I need to go on.

YOU ARE YOU AND I AM YOURS.