FRAMEWORK

I seem to be looking

for a frame on which

To hang my character's

Commitment to

Ways and means -  a construct 

Steady

And strong 

Unfazed by forfeiture 

Or failure. The lines he and I 

Have spoken

Have often been written for someone else

For some other iteration 

Of the hero before 

A hard fall.

You yourself

Have said you've 

Stopped looking 

For a savior -

Happy with

The one with

Which you grew:

One who nurtured

Your change

From shy

And inconspicuous girl,

Silly with her dreams,

To full maturity, 

A Tigress

Burning brightly

in the forge

Of musts and needs.

-jim hill (3-28-2016)