--==* Someone of Value *==--

You do not excite like the virgin...

nor hint of the exotic

...yet I remain aroused.

You do not outshine others

in your appearance...

Nor annoit your face and body

with lavish decoration...

yet I remain appreciative.

You do not speak in cultured tones,

nor in some lilting foreign tongue...

yet I listen always to your voice.

You do not offer implausible

pleasures...

nor impossible opportunities...

...yet I often dream of both.

Why...I ask...is this so?

Because...

...you DO offer yourself.

...you DO dress as we appreciate.

...you DO say things which we enjoy

hearing...often.

And...you DO offer us everything

which IS possible.

Truly, you are no dream...

you are real...and from that comes

everything which is and someday may

be good.

You are someone of value...

...a value made ever more great

by the reality of your being.

Could a dream be any more?