A joyous woman

I saw a woman laughing
and I saw light in
her eyes
and her strange teeth
were somehow
perfect
in this wide grin,
and her laugh
echoed
in my ears
so that
I knew what joy
sounded like.
And her wild hair
was the hair of
a Lion,
free
and full of heart.
And when her laugh
was done,
I licked my lips
as she did,
and I tucked my hair
behind my ear,
as she did,
and I looked in the mirror
with a smile