Because I'm smaller than you...

i celebrate yours- a life well lived
touching fair lands of certainty
trusting the rivers of courage
best found in the pursuit of long glances and marvelously slight discoveries
but enormously profound (to me)
All pain melts into a pool of illusion (with you).
for grand souls (like you)
you rush forth like the armed warriors
on the shores of france
and yet your tenderness that conquers all.
Oh dear one
you are much braver (than i)
And that is why i celebrate
you are holier
grander
stronger
than i
(some might feel shame in this admission. but how could i? i feel safe around you.)

and i celebrate you
you give hope to wind swept disconnects and brutal dark winters.