To love

If I had half her courage
I'd expose myself to the world
just put myself out there
without words
and let remarks or live ammunition
fall off me.

Gone to the ends of my dreams
ripped a dozen seams,
I would have.

Wish I had a quarter of the strength she's given proof of
One considered partly gift and partly curse,
but that's truly just a rare ability...
or an endless possibility
to Love