What I See

Don’t dare tell me how

beautiful she is,

and pat me on the back,

nodding your approval.

She is not my trophy.

I will not

parade her around,

hoping to make

ex-girlfriends jealous,

and good friends envious.

Look deeper than that –

the way that I did.

See the beauty within her –

like she sees in me.

11 July 2001