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poem_188_All_Three_Years
I introduced myself
Though he was reserved
I kept working at it
For I knew he’d be swerved
An ugly duckling to most
As we both now joke
But I knew back then
The beauty in the yolk
I saw in his meager
What most ignored
I wanted to show him
The prince he stored
With rejection and love
He felt he’d just smother
And couldn’t please
A life with another
It took me some time
To gain his trust
Then break the barrier
Get through the disgust
Eventually succeeding
I helped him to see
The potential he had
To how great he could be
In growing together
Then loving him as well
I hid any pain
So he may excel
I only kept quiet
For so long though
When I heard one day
A hint in his hello
I then let him know
Just how I felt
The preceding months
And how I’d dealt
Our relationship was long
And love just as sustaining
But then we separated
As he continued in gaining
As he went on with life
Now dating many
I wondered if my advice
Was helping him any
Though we kept contact
As his relationships past
We never really saw each other
Not conversing as vast
In three years knowing
Less frequent we shared
Any moments of happiness
But I still always cared
Recently we met
After a long times wait
And I was speechless to see
How this young man did create
From a shy guy in glasses
To this contact wearing stud
This confident tree
No longer a potential bud
As always before
I still loved him so
And only wanted him more
In his masculine bestow
But lacking my confidence
No longer as assure
I dared not advance
For a rejection might occur
Now feeling out of his league
Since he is well beyond fine
I refrain from every thinking
That he could possibly be mine
Questioning his awareness
Of his enlightened prince
He responded assertively
And I’ve hushed ever since
So now I smile
Crying half-happy tears
That he finally sees
What I saw all three years
Inspired by: / Dedicated to: Gerald Everett Lindberg III
Created on: August 17, 2007 – 1216
