 The art of being(photo credit) "I Want You"
By Jerry Benét Embry When we were kids, we used to live right next door to each other Sitting on the curb laughin and playin. Me crackin jokes and sayin… How big your head was…. That’s was because… I didn’t know how to say… "You’re beautiful" Well… That was a long time ago and I am not that little boy anymore… Now I can say with all my expression that’s my possession, relay to you my confession and say to you without question… That I want you…. I can say… I want you like the ‘cloud’ wants the ‘wind’ Like ‘best’ wants ‘friend’, like ‘lotion’ wants ‘skin’ Like a beginning that has no end… I can say… I want you like ‘hair’ wants ‘style’ Like ‘worth’ wants ‘while’, like a man that’ll walk a mile Just to enjoy the radiance of your smile… I can say… I want you like ‘chocolate’ wants a ‘chip’ Like ‘marital’ wants ‘bliss’, like ‘French’ wants ‘kiss’ Like ‘curves’ want ‘hips’, Like a junkie I’m feenin’… Not for drugs But for a taste of your lips. I can say… I want you like a ‘sock’ wants a ‘shoe’ Like the grass seeking after the morning dew Like the old school song "If Only You Knew" Like how a ‘love’ wants a ‘you’. It’s funny because, I even started watching the way I dress Just in case of the off chance I see you, I want to be at my best Being more and not less cause you are the only one I’m trying to impress. See Baby, we aren’t those little kids anymore… You are a woman now, and I… I’m a man And as a man I can take this stand to hopefully one day hold your hand and say I want you.
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Who do you think you are not? Who do you think you are not? Do you not think that you are the joy and light of the world your world? Do you not think that you are the one that you have been waiting for. The one who will show up in all of your glory and offer to you all that you could possibly need or want or desire. Just who do you think you are not? Are you not the one who has been there for you hold you up pushing you on encouraging you applauding you. Who did that for you if not you? Who was there when you cried and ached and believed in the depths of your being that you could not, you simply would not make it through another day and you said "oh yes you will". And you gave whatever was needed whenever it was needed to get you back on track. Who do you think is responsible for how you are growing, how you have grown, all that you have learned and grasped and now understand and realize. Which has put a new song in your heart as you walk on a new path. Just who do you think you are not? And why isn’t being who you are as a child of God good enough for you if its good enough for God -Iyanla Vanzant  |