A Man's Love

I awoke and she was gone

early morning sunlight through the open window

playing on the bed

Drapes slowly waving in the cool morning breeze soft on my skin

The wrinkles in the sheets where she had laid…her smells

the feel of her warmth, her breath still embracing me

I arise, sunlight dancing in the dew along the porch rails…

Sit, watch, alive in this days beginnings

She is gone now and I ache

I want to show her these diamonds of sunlight in the dew

I want to show her early mornings in this forest

I want her to know the sunsets I’ve known in the high desert

The million, million stars from high atop the mountains

children at play in Paris streets

the feeling of an ancient tree in a hushed forest

the thrill of flying, of children, of birth

the absolute love of seeing your child for the first time

I want to share with her all my joys, all my sadness, all my loves

It slumbered in my heart as I slept next to her and now it is tight in my chest without her

It is the quiet strength and beauty within all men

It is of life and children and passion 
It is the inspiration of the ages

It is a man’s love for a woman…and I love her so