I bring you my worries, my concerns, my pain
I load you up
You take it
Calm, dignified, you convey a consistent message:

Keep your mind, your thoughts, your lifestyle alive
Keep your soul quivering with shimmer
Keep living, no matter what, right up to the brink
This life is only the beginning
Each  moment is serious, fresh, frivolous
And oh so much to be enjoyed.

At the beach you might be heard to exclaim:
Oh how I love the botany of the sea oat.
Sketching over there in the dunes
While calling out to everyone and anyone:
Quiver with shimmer.

You swim in the lake the ocean or the pool
Whatever is available and with whomever will go
You hike, you cook, you entertain, you clean up
Water colors on cards for thank you notes proclaim:
Quiver with shimmer

But your genius for life and love
Does not neccessarily  include the capacity
To conduct a love affair
Thank god for that