Beauty

She wears her beauty sans ostentation

her wisdom is her shade

she peers into the mirror of humanity

sees she is no different from the

greatest or the least

only a soul that whispers encouragement

to other souls in need

Her love is like her beauty

free of artifice and given 

in an abundance that flows

like water from a ewer

refreshing as it pours from

the spring that is her heart

Beyond Need

Showing deference

to one more wise

I'm caught by your eyes

that subliminally inspire

a streak of feelings

that stretch my desire

beyond my need