My eyes are wide
with astonishment.
My jaw hangs slack
for just a moment
and I am,
for the first time
in a long time,
without words.
I didn’t think
you had it in you.
I see now,
that I held the bar
too low.
My expectations
never accounted
for your infinite potential.
You really showed me!
Why,
I barely trusted your
capabilities at all
and here
you have impressed me
with your skill,
your finesse
and you refinement.
My stamp of mediocrity
was upon you early.
You were marked
to be a servant
and a plebe.
I don’t know
and I don’t care
how you did this amazing work,
but you have made me
rethink my view of you
and how I judge the world.
You have freed me
from my preconceptions,
you have given me back
my limitlessness
and emancipated my understanding
of my place in the world.
HG – 2016
