The Reasons Why

by

Richard Cody

For

Sarah Cody

No. 3

I love you because
your blue eyes shine!

Faerie glow!
Heaven�s stolen Fire!
Eternal Light that has inspired
talents far grander than mine.

You ought to have symphonies spelling out your name,
portraits painted by genius hands
in honor of that flame

which burns forever bright.

You, my Love, deserve poetry of the rarest air.

I give you this instead
and in my dreams write with ease
lines worthy of your light.