All the reasons to love Haile:
because she has been known to throw the most Hatter party
because she is so much boy
except for her kiss, which always takes me back to youthful days,
where everything tasted like lemon-drop lollies
because she is a girl, and that means she is strong
because she resembles all the colors of Fall
because her eyes were plucked from an owl
because she is Nalini, who sits on a Lotus,
and the goddess Gayatri gave her to me
Happy birthday, Nalini Haile, the universe couldn't have picked a more beautiful flower.
