I clicked on Brittany's Facebook page to message her about playing some tennis.  When I saw her profile photo it punched me right in the face with some imagery that I couldn't really make sense of.  I can't really grasp the words because it speaks of so many things that are beautiful about life, but I still put down some words in a vain effort to try to capture what this image spoke of...

**Photo by Natasha Thaesler

"The Radiance She Shines"

She smiles with a radiance
It is penetrating
A beautiful being
On a forested road
Language of her body
Speaks of a loving soul
Free with passion
Embracing life in essence
Emittance in substance
Of a light touch
In a light sense
Caught in stillness
In a moment of happiness
Suffused in wonderment
Infused in astonishment
Symbolizing everything right
In a simple expression
She gives purpose to gratitude
The gratitude of hope
Hopeful in its depths
Dispelling chaotic notion
With beauty in simplicity
The simple notion of optimism
That is elated in contentment
Thoughts stripped down
To their purest formative meaning
Like eternity bottled in rhyme
Her image in this time
Symmetry of perception
In the gratitude of hope
Luminously found within   
The radiance she shines

I saw this photo of Kimberley about 20 minutes after she posted it with these words: 

*insert inspirational song lyrics here*

I wrote this in about 5 minutes.  The words fell out quite easily...

"A Girl Named Kimberley"

She is a girl
As kind as they come
With her smile
She lifts you up
Melting mannerisms
Softening hard rock stone
Comforting hurting souls
With an essence of beauty
Inviting in her kindness
Embracing in her warmth
She makes you remember
Everything that is good
Forgetting everything that ails
Living in such a way
To see freedom in oneself
Illuminating a path within
Through the way that she walks
In strides made up of balance
Written in the pages of harmony
Penned in the ink of her heart
The beautiful words of life
That make everyone remember
And everyone to see
The natural wonders
Such rippling kindness can hold
Effortless in giving
In doing nothing
Just from being
Her beautiful self
A self of warmth
A self of radiance
A self of worth
Given unto us
The lucky ones
Fortunate to have known
A girl of this magnitude
A girl of this kind
A girl named Kimberley
A girl so kind

"Making You Whole"

Just as the fall-time trees
Mirror their colours
On still glass water
Fresh and so clear
There's a reflection in her eyes
So damned invigorating
Like the breath of life
Nourishing your cells
Making you grow
Deep within her eyes
An echo of eternity
Grabs onto you whole
A pathway to infinity
Through a gateway of gratitude
Like an illustration of love
Painted on a canvass of time
Within a beautiful confide
Of passion
Of ecstasy
Filling you with sentiment
Warming your heart
With brilliance
Of emotion
Drawing you close
Into heartwarming emotion
Drifting and drifting
World slips away
World is astray
Staring into her eyes
There is nothing else
Surrounded in void
She's the only thing there
Unable to move
You stare and you stare
Deeper and deeper
Peering so far
Existing in the moment
Carried into the depths
Inside pools of bliss
Embracing the tides
Of heartwarming magik
Washing over you
Rewriting your soul
From everything you see
Reflected in her eyes
Making you whole

Haven't written anything like this in quite some time.  This just popped out when I woke up this morning...

"Her Smile"

Her smile is so pretty
Luminous and kind
Her smile is so pretty
Luminous and fine
Lit right up
Like the nighttime shining moon
Giving you a guiding light
Where darkness should be found
When you can't see your own feet below
Her smile shines right through
Lighting up each step you take
Blanketing darkness on the ground
Her smile is so pretty
It pierces right through the night
Her smile is so pretty
Filling you up with everything so right
As the moon tucks itself into bed
Your soul feels contently fed
Saying hello to a brand new day
With a picture of her smile
Held deeply in your mind
A smile that is so pretty
Luminous and fine

I just whipped this off.  I haven't read it.  I titled it "Exposing Her Soul" 'cause it was the only line I could remember...

"Exposing Her Soul"

Haunted by her beauty
The weight of her strength
It makes me believe
It makes me see
Hope for something more
Thriving in thought
The courage she has
Taking a chance
Exposing her soul
For the first time
It makes her scared
Terrifyingly so
Embracing her fears
She lets go
Taking a chance
A new step forward
A fork in her road
A choice not known
Putting it all on the line
Diving in blind
She lets go
Exposing her soul
Finding her strength
A new way to her
Unbeknownst to her
Stronger than she knew
The strength in an embrace
Of her fears
Of her tears
Power in vulnerability
Exposing her soul
The strength that it holds
Setting her free
From shackles of pain
Holding her down
Aching in her heart
Embracing her fear
She became free
Shedding a veil
Shadowing her light
She began to shine
She began to find
A calming influx
Infusing a sense of peace
Soothing her turmoil
Those first steps
Her blind leap
Into a new unknown
Finding her courage
She let go
Exposing her soul