you say I see you through
love colored glasses
causing your beauty to increase exponentially
in direct proportion
to my feelings for you
that I don’t see you as you really are
in a “face only a mother could love”
kinda way
falsely amplifying your qualities
beyond who you have come to terms with being
that you are an ordinary man
nothing special
doing ordinary things
nothing particularly unique
or meaningful
that I see you like no one else does…
that’s a pretty intimate revelation
one that makes the hard candy shell of your exterior intensely vulnerable…
I wrote this to you the other day
I know you read it
Absorbed it
You responded silently with a sharp halt in wall building; punctuated by butterfly kisses on my forehead…
………..
my love,
I am thankful for you…
………..
you
are
a real man
whose word and deed
overflow with honesty
compassion
tenderness and strength
who is a reflection of
all that’s good in me
and an example
of all I wish to be
a good man
who loves without limit
teaches and shares his hard [L]earned wisdom
whose word is his bond
whose laughter
lights a room
(and my soul)
on fire
a man of vision
who stimulates my intellect
my dreams
my body
who keeps me grounded in the now
without ever letting me lose sight of
how far i’ve come
what I’m made of
and all that’s possible
who supports me
and tells me the truth
with respect and kindness
with[out] filters or fear
a man of humility
who thinks he’s just doing
what a man is supposed to do
but here is the truth.
YOU ARE FAR FROM AVERAGE
nothing short of extraordinary
your light shines brighter
than you can see
but I see…
and I know
just how lucky
I am
(c) jmr / 2011
January 1st, 2012 at 12:23 pm
this is so beautiful… a wonderful reminder of what it is like to truly be in love…