"there’s sunlight tracing her skin
because everywhere she is
that’s how the light gets in

and there’s a bravery I get when she whispers “hello”
like the world is conquerable
and I am just steps from being crowned

so when people ask who saved me from drowning
I have to be honest and say “myself”
but I couldn’t have done without her help

and there is ink staining the pages of the histories
and they spell out here her name
because she is flowers and freedom, sugar and spite

the stars twinkle in her eyes
and the sun has met it’s match in her grin
oh, let me tell the the constellations they have nothing on her"

 - roses and thorns, she is by Abby S