i know this woman. she makes me so happy.

i know hardly anyone like this. that is part of the reason why she is my treasure. but mostly it is just because of her, because of the way her heart is.

i feel safe when i'm around her because i know that it isn't crazy to be good, to be loving, to have your eyes fixed on the middle place. she laughs at dangerous and scary things, like warrior queens do, and so i know where she came from. i can see divine fingerprints in her skin. she has a scar on her index finger, and when i saw it i knew that it meant she wasn't afraid of fire.

you are a shield, a compass, a sister. we are of the same tribe.