Today’s poem was loosely inspired by the sailor, whom I’ve run into somewhat recently. He asked me what I would do if he came to my wedding and didn’t hold his peace as I was marrying my dream man. In that moment, I could only picture him as my dream man, which I know is NOT true, but I wish he were. So this poem is about how my “dream man” would love me. Many of these things are ways that the sailor would never, could never, and will never love me; but are all ways that I could have loved him if he were able to grow up.
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My man wouldn’t offer me the world because he knows I don’t want it and believe that it’s nobody’s to own
But my man would offer me everything on it that could possibly make me happy
My man would offer me every book in the bookstore, but not buy them because he knows I have too many unread ones and hate consumerism
But my man would keep a running list and get me one at a time so that I can still have them and not feel guilty
My Man wouldn’t let me buy concert tickets that would get me as close to the music as possible, although he knows that’s my preference
But my man would always have the tickets ready when an artist I’m interested in is performing
My man wouldn’t ask me to cook for him because he’s hungry
But my man would ask me to cook for him because he knows that I love feeling useful to him
My man would stand tall and strong everywhere he went, with his head held high
But my man would lower it in my arms after a long day and allow me to hold him for strength
My man wouldn’t be scared to tell me no and wouldn’t let me control him
But my man would allow me to live life as my heart desires and do whatever it takes to allow me to do so
My man wouldn’t baby me and would admire my strength
But my man would sit me in his lap and cross his arms up my back to make me feel protected
My man wouldn’t need to ask me how I feel because he’ll already know
But my man would ask anyway because he understands that feeling understood it’s important to me
My man wouldn’t ask me if I needed a hug because he knows I do not like feeling like I need anyone or anything
But my man would understand that I need him anyway, without me ever having to say it and would need me the same way
My man wouldn’t go to the end of the earth for me because he knows I don’t want him too far from me
But my man would take me with him

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