Someone As You Poem by Chris Jibero

An expectant heart glows
Radiant with joy
Shining like the skin
Of a pregnant woman
In the threshold
Of initiation into motherhood

A heart glows that is hopeful
Bubbling and youthful
As a teenage village boy
Anxiously awaiting for his first date
At his preened shanty

A heart glows that is noticed
And visited
By an angel highly esteemed
A harbinger of good tidings
For that is who you are

A heart is agog with gladness
When someone as wonderful as you
Either says, "I love you"
Or "I love you too"
To a soul hungry for love

Therefore, elated I am
For knowing that someone like me
Is honoured with your sterling love
In this season of love famine.

(c) Chris Jibero. 2001.