Tired of Being Alone

I’ve never written poetry before except as a school assignment, but this is what I feel today. Truly, madly, deeply--is the kind of love I want to feel. It’s been hard for me to express these feelings before because I have always felt the need to compromise and be self-sufficient. I am not. For reasons heretofore not expressible I feel compelled to release my true desire for a life-partner.

I would love you as a woman should love a man.
I would nurture your soul as you would mine.

Our bodies would become one, naturally and willingly.
Your desire would become mine and mine yours.

I would love and like you as you would me.
I would respect your nature and spirit as you would mine.

I would respect and nurture who you are and you me--even if it meant being apart.
I would respect and and embrace your history and potential as you would mine.

My soul would become attuned with yours and yours with mine.
Our lives would be devoted to making a difference in this world.

True love would be ours with the full understanding that challenges will arise.
True love and our faith will equip us with strength--persevering to remain in love and like forever.

We will still love and, more importantly, like each other as we age together.
“I will still need you and I will still feed you when we’re 64.”