A poem a day for 2013 - day 60 - For Valerie

For listening
To all of my words
All of the breaths and not breaths in between
For being my still
When I could only jerk and flinch 
Like electric shock scraping salt paper 
For being prayer when my hands would not fold
Eyes could not close 
For giving me space to 
Ball my fists without apology
For listening to me smile
My cheeks spread past my ears
For being happy for me
Without having to know why
For being blood
Feet
Tree