Saint

She always knows when people need stroking

And is attracted to deathbeds and divorcees

I dreamt she cared for my dying grandfather

Lying naked face down on his bed

She insists on total presence

And knows how to get through to the rest of us

She has entered me thousandfold often

And undone knots at my most awkward

Music loves too

She reaches out to orphans and refugees

Embraces them with thermal blankets

Her favorite childhood moments

Were at a hospital for the disabled

I've seen her offer empathy to widows

She attends funerals of strangers

Her strongest memory is feeding children with leprosy

Music heals too

I'm here to defend it