Pam

Wonderful things happen

when people utter your name

it's as if they summon

your spirit, your beauty

to the very tips of their tongue.

Pam, and then a flicker from 

a match lights a candle, light floods

a room, then -

                 Pam, a soft whisper is carried

                 through someone's ear

                 secrets stored in the heart

                 all too long and then -

                                 Pam, a friend smiles 

                                 after days of uncertainty

                               after hours of moments

                                 without smiles

and so you

Pam, harbour magic in your bones

challenge fear by throwing

stones, you

grow and stretch and love

once there's nothing else left to be shown

                                                    only wonderful things 

                                                  happen when people utter your name

By: Whitney French