Tell Me More

Your voice, Lady,
enchants me:
I want to know
your whole story.
If only you
understood
how closely
I listen
when you speak.
How I wrap
my mind around
your words
like my arms
enfold your body.
You are
a warrior woman;
the heroine
of an old,
noble tale.
Tell me again
how a maiden
came to be trapped
in a labyrinth
she did not devise;
how she struggled
and fought
and kept moving
until she won through
and broke free.
It speaks
high adventure
and courage.
Your voice, Lady,
enchants me.
I want to know
all of you.
- mce