flourish
her smile can radiate even the bleakest situation
her hair, shining, like ruby and rhodonite
her laugh; infectious; impossible not to join in
her eyes are like dual moons shining in the darkest night
larkish, endearing, xenodochial, invaluable, everything
ravishing, ornate, simply exquisite
so long have i felt like a frozen dinner
cellophane wrapped and suffocating
bland and tasteless and merely consumed
or leftovers carved up and prime for reheating
she has shown me that i am a garden
and with my green thumbed chef; i flourish