Wednesday, November 3, 2021

More than Looks

To males my age you are an ultimate conquest
Beautiful and popular with everyone, and fun
You have to know, as I have known all along
Inside your being is one far more worthwhile
Than the most glib reply
If any man should pass your physical stress test
For me it would be over before it had begun
For my appreciation of you has burned so long
Your scent, your wit, your dreams, your guile
Every effort made justified
You move me more than any other might guess
You are lithe, agile, fierce with a heart so fragile
Your beauty moves me but I am most aware
There is so much more that one might know
Your soul possesses immutable beauty
And after a life of waiting I can only imagine
One kind as well as beautiful and fair
My longing for you grows
Every second passing
Out of reach