A reflection of stained glass
colors your face
The light of day
echoes your skin

Give in to summer's beauty
The rightness of warmth
These words in your mouth
bring the sadness of the thousand winters

Confusion 
built a fire
The smoke must clear
to see and breathe

The magic contained
in the braiding of your hair
A spirit entwined
in a ritual 

Knowing a gift
A token of the unexplained
A grief that haunts me 
to the end of my mind