The Woman Who Saw Everyone by Joe Reid Kirby III
There was once the birth of a golden girl,
With broccoli hair,
& eagle eyes …
The energy she brought to a room gave rise to every heart in it …
For her eyes to see yours for even a second,
Meant the world & everything in it …
The gift of her presence brought absence to every hurt ever known …
Simply her recognizing the existence of you was the greatest love you’d ever been shown …
She quickly blossomed into an attractive woman,
Though not so naively attracted …
She knew where she was trying to go,
& so was not easily distracted …
Though every extraordinary act of nature often gathered her attention …
With a span the size of this entire moment,
Ever present to the gift of today …
Mentioning only the words related to now,
In the sweetest,
Most heart-warming way …
& she’d see you …
Yes, you …
In the corner …
Over there …
You too …
The 3 persons …
With black, blond, & blue hair …
You with the body art & bold piercings …
You who went to college or chose to pursue a career …
You who paints art or cooks great food …
You who cares about everything …
Even you who doesn’t give a care …
She saw you brave spirit in the wheelchair …
& you superstar never known …
You hardworking mother of many …
You …
The beautiful one worried about her weight …
You the lonely poet of the night …
Yes, you the handsome intellectual afraid to date …
Her life likely wouldn’t be the same,
If she hadn’t seen you small spirit of shame …
But she lifted you right back up to your true size,
After simply being curious of your name …
& you, the father who defines success as the number of laughs he can summon from the bellies of his seeds …
& you who finds it impossible to laugh at all …
You also, fellow animal-lover determined to meet the need of every breed …
You, who fights for the rights of humans …
& you, succumbing to an aggressive ailment or disease …
She sees …
& if she sees you, you’re healed …
Where you see a block,
She points out your opportunity to build …
Where you see an end,
She reveals a new beginning …
Where you’re convinced that you can’t,
She inspires a number of reasons why you can …
Her conscious insights awaken subconscious instincts …
& her selfless compliments add self-confidence …
Her name was Uoy …
& all she ever had to say was, “Hi.”
~ Joe Reid Kirby III 6/10/17
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