Mystery Classmate

My classmate is tall, at least to me. As I am 5’4” and wear flat shoes but perhaps there have always been heels, boots to give added height. Most importantly, this student is calm and thoughtful, inspiring to the excitable and pensive. Were it not for the time taken to serve as a guide to an underclassman (if that is the right term among graduate students of different years), I think I might have gotten lost once or twice. When eyes look, wide and open and deeply colored, in to your own while listening to thoughts and concerns—there is warmth of heart shared. Such have been my exchanges with this person who is the kind of person who is not afraid to embrace style and color, articulate in class discussions, emanating grace while remaining true to the self.