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I love a man who walks away

I love a man who loves me

I love a man who laughs sunlight and candy

I love a man who shines.

 

He is tall and he is handsome

as a river is handsome, as a hearth is handsome

beautiful in its nature, and also

in the comfort it gives.

Dark and good-looking, but his beauty

is on his skin and under, warmth of a fire

radiating love and loving-kindness

I love a man who shines.

 

He knows how to keep them laughing.

He knows how to make me smile

when all the world is crashing and

I forget there’s light to be had;

he cavorts, he clowns, he teases

he holds and strokes with sweetness and jokes

until we are both giggling helplessly in each others’ arms

I love a man who laughs sunlight and candy.

 

I see it in his eyes, his face his smile

in the gifts he gives me, not because he gives them

but in the way he gives them; he wants everything to count.

I feel it in the way that he holds me, soft and desperate

Hard and soulful, he touches my hands

He takes me, takes me down

Like an animal, like a man, like a penitent god

I love a man who loves me.

 

He is a sunset

bright and warm and lovely

shining hottest in the last colors of the day.

I want to sit and bask in the heat

and brilliance, and hear the crows cry as they circle

just a moment longer, another few seconds please

but there’s just no use; the sun always sets

And I love a man who walks away.