Tender, so

tender is the key,
tender is the bloom,
tender the fruit,
and it's flesh,
and it's root
and the earth
and the air that touches the leaves.

tender like dust bunnies
tender like cloud

tip toeing tenderling

tender elfling,
a tender clouding,
tender melting
tender drifting
tender spender

spinning tender no more than she
needs,

let tender be
let tender be tender to be
let tender be tender to me,

not left alone to be tender let,
not held in thoughts too long,
lest tender forgets.

tender is eyes, and smiling corners
of mouth,

smiling warm skin so-

tender

tears will never touch a face so-

tender

eyes will want a face so-

tender

a nose for a home in a place so-

tender

bashful, graceful, tender one

looking, not watching

so tender your eye may not catch what she sees

tender like snowflake

tender like me.