Show me how you see me – Three Poems, Three Parts

Poem I.
Part I.

She asked,
“show me how
you see me.”

I said I cannot draw or paint.

So, I tried to paint
a picture
of her
with words -
a poem
to serve
as a painting
of what I saw
when I saw her.

Part II.

My challenge was
to convey something
beyond
what mere descriptive words
can do -
my desire/challenge
was to show her
or any reader
what I alone
was seeing (or feeling),
to convey something
of the nature of
an impression.

Part III.

What I saw…
She stood just over
five feet,
so very thin
and delicate.
I remember her falling
and I was so afraid
that if I were to
pick her up
I might break something…

and what I felt,
was something soft.
I’d imagine my arms
wrapped in pillows
so I both could hold her
closely, feel her touch
and hold her softly.

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