(a monchielle)
You took a risk last night
Standing up there alone
Where you slowly allowed
Your pure voice to strip bare
Defenseless to the crowd.
You took a risk last night
Wearing that shining dress
That caught each colored glint.
You could not help but shine
In that dim firmament.
You took a risk last night
Turning your face to us
As your soul fell apart.
You became translucent
Singing your broken heart.
You took a risk last night
And we loved you the more
For letting us hold you
Even for a moment
As a lover would do.
Penguin Poems 