Much awaited

I heard much of Cleopatra.

I read much of Cleopatra,

Read with her lover Mark Antony.

But I never saw her beauty.

What sensation I would’ve got

Had I seen her in bone and flesh,

That sensation came to me hot

When you, Jessiamma, I met.

I wish I saw you a decade

Ago when you’re a young orchard.

Your kindness outlives your beauty.

It is unkind to deride your bounty.

I regard you in high esteem

As in you runs a crystal stream,

Wherein many want to bathe,

That you ward off to keep it clean.

You are gifted with a beauty

That women view as their envy

And men find as their energy.

Thus, your journey is made easy

17.07.2001