Metrics For Love

Cherishing all our time spent together

He said he thinks I'm

wonderful in so many ways

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Not often does he feel comfortable

with a person on so many levels

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But he wasn't feeling good enough

to be in the presence of a woman so true

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He doesn't want to muck it up

by doing something stupid

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He said,

"Give me a few months."

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As if changing who you are

is what's required to be loved

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This isn't the first time

I've been turned down by a man

who feels that he doesn't measure up

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I couldn't help but to recognize

saying that takes a lot of guts

But at the same time

if he isn't ready now

will he ever be man enough?

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What I'm asking for doesn't seem like much

Authenticity

good will

soul

and effort

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I don't ask for anything less than what I offer

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But apparently for those with plastic smiles

that's asking for more than they earn

Leaving their beings bankrupt

by devaluing their own worth

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For those bankrupt souls

I won't waste my breath

I won't sacrifice my gilded soul

for cotton printed wealth

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No one is perfect

but that's what makes it worth it

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We all struggle through the same kinds of pains

in different scenarios, intensities, and strains

When laying each stepping stone of our life paths

sometimes we stumble over a crack

before smoothing the pavement

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As architects we build our realities

from the blueprint of our divinity

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I'm a flawed woman

who has realized her divinity

by honoring her humanity

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I'm just looking for someone

who is inspired by my evolution

rather than intimidated by my being

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One willing to admit their faults

knowing they don't define their worthiness

Living everyday as an opportunity

to be themselves

yet a better version than yesterday

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Who finds humor through the hardships

Smiling through the foibles

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Knowing deep in their soul

that it's the struggle that makes us stronger

That it's the depth of our humanness

that reveals the god within the mortal