Wealie's World » what I want http://wealie.co.uk A walk through the weird and wonderful world of wealie Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:13:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 What I Want http://wealie.co.uk/my-art/what-i-want/ http://wealie.co.uk/my-art/what-i-want/#comments Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:58:00 +0000 Ruth Weal http://wealie.co.uk/?p=429 Continue reading →]]> This poem was written at a time when I realised I couldn’t have the man that I was in love with, but also that I wasn’t sure that I’d ever meet someone who would be able to accept me for who I was.  I really like this poem, it’s a strong recognition of what I wanted in a partner and also the begins of acceptance and letting go of the man I couldn’t keep.  It remains a favourite with me as in essence it still represents the deeper passions that drive me.

WHAT I WANT

What I want I cannot have
What I need I do not think exists
What I crave I’m not sure I can keep
What I lost I cannot continue for to weep

I want a man, not a boy
Who’ll worship all that is womanly and feminine in me
I want a god, not a toy
Who will call forth undying devotion and won’t be coy

I want an equal, who’ll walk beside me through this life
Who understands I care not for the trappings of marriage, of being a wife
I want a partner who knows I cannot be caged
Someone who will run besides me and be my eternal rock, my wise sage

I want a lover who will let me pin him to the wall
And I want his eyes to shine with feral anticipation not fear at all
Even as he contemplates holding me bound and stripping me down
A man who will treat me like the priceless jewel in the crown

I want the battle of wills that ends in smiles
I want the debates and the frenzy that makes me feel so alive
I want strong, enraptured flesh made to match mine
I want the joining of sweet ecstasy divine

I want a man who when I get difficult won’t run and hide
A man with courage, who when I’m right will set aside his pride
I want that individual, the only one that truly fits
I want someone whose name will be forever on my lips

I want a companion who can see through my eyes
Who won’t always understand me, but he’ll always try
I want tenacity matched only by sensitivity
I want steel overlaid with delicate vulnerability

I want a man desperate from my well to sip
I want perfection as we meet hip to hip
I want love that will hold me through anything life throws at me
I want the chance to see if I can be what I know I could be

I want a mate who understands I cannot be tamed
I want a lover who with a single touch has me inflamed
I want consuming passion that matches mine
I want what I truly cannot fully define

I want a man who wants as much as me
I want a lover who craves what only I can free
I want a mate who shares his thoughts and life with me
I want a lover who wants to be the other half of me

What I want I cannot have
What I need I do not think exists
What I crave I’m not sure I can keep
What I lost I cannot continue for to weep

But what I want will always be

Ruth Weal 13 May 2007 2.01 am
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