I am a Virtuous woman

I am a woman, independent and smart.

A virtuous woman.

I love family, yes, I fend for those I love.

I am an independent woman, full of life and dignity.

He came into my life, indeed I love his company.

He's not my competition nor my servant,

he is the one I love, together we will complete each other.

I am a virtuous woman.

We come from a different culture, country, and background,

Yet we love to love.

I am willing to serve and to be serve.

I am an independent woman,

Like a merchant ship, I am full of goods,

I provide for my world in grace and love.

Full of insight and foresight,

I am independent minded.

My soul is at rest.

I guide my tongue and slow to speak.

I am a virtuous woman.

I extend my hands to the poor and needy.

I am free willed and useful to the glory of the universe.

I am full of wisdom and understanding,

My heart is full of kindness and compression to all.

I love you because that is all I know how to do

I am a virtuous woman.

In honour I speak to all great or small.

I watch over the way of my household and does not spend my time in idleness.

I am a blessing to all.

I am an independent woman.

Virtuous in all I am.

Whoever find me should keep me in the highest place.

I am worth far above rubies.

The hearts of those around me safely trust me.

I am a virtuous woman.

Love after Love

The time will come when, with elation,

you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror,

and each will smile at the other's welcome.

and say, sit here, Eat.

You will love again the stranger who was yourself.

Give win. Give bread. Give back your heart

to itself, to the stranger who has loved you

all your life, whom you ignored for another.

who knows you by heart.

Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,

the photograph's, the desperate notes,

peel your own image from the mirror.

Sit, Feast on your life.

Derek Walcott, "Love after Love"