the poet

she reveals herself in increments
of verse upon a printed page.
brief snapshots – human moments
imprinted on  the reader’s brain.

the vulnerability of the words
belies the boldness of the art.
her longings become our longings,
her loneliness ours to share.

each poem is a point of light
discernable to our eye even among
the  million others gleaming
in the chill air of an urban night scape