"Gifts For My Girl"

For beauty, I would buy a gem for you from the earth's heart 

and a ring that is gold clear through 

and clothes the colors of flowers ...

I would cultivate in you a gentle spirit,

and curiosity,

and wonder in your eyes ...

For your mind, poems and plays,

words on the pages of a thousand books ...

For your spirit, mysteries and praise,

sureties and prayer ...

from Luci Shaw's poem,

a poet whose little daughters and sons I babysat for as a teenager,

sent to me in a wonderful card by Boniface. Thank you.