By Joey Dickerson
Date: 25 February 2001
Litany of Longing, Part One
Part One: Pursuit
I love you like I love:
the spring,
the sun through my window,
the birds singing outside,
my favorite music,
all the colors of the rainbow...
I love
the thousand-and-one ways
you touch my Heart,
my Soul,
and fill me with a passionate
longing
to be One with you
forever
and
ever.
That's all I want.
I don't want much.
But what I do want
I really want.
Y'know?
Well,
that's good.
Because I want you to know
that I'm prepared to love you
like you've never been loved
before
and not stop
loving you
just because
you oneday decide
that you hate me
or meet some other guy
with more money
or a better job.
Those things don't matter
in the long run.
Those things don't matter
one bit.
Only one thing matters.
Only one thing matters and here
it is:
I love YOU.
I want you.
I need you.
That's three things,
I hear you say.
And you are right.
You are always right.
Unless you think I'm not prepared
to grab ahold of you
and never let go.
I need you like I need
the spring,
the sun through my window,
the birds singing outside,
my favorite music,
all the colors of the rainbow...
Just those simple things.
Because I'm a simple man.
I'm simple
but complicated.
Do you understand?
I hope you do
because I plan
to love you
for at least a lifetime or two.
That's all.
As I said,
I don't want much.
But what I do want,
I REALLY want.
I want to kiss you forever
I want to caress you 'til the sun
peeks over yonder mountains.
I want to make you speak
in tongues
I want to make you speechless
while I'm at it
in the face
of my massive lovin'.
I want to touch your Heart
and free
your Soul.
That's my goal.
I remember when I first saw
your face.
I thought
you were an Angel then
even after I heard your first
words to me:
"Get away."
That was hard.
But I know what you meant.
I do.
You meant that you weren't ready
for the kind of commitment
you thought
I was looking for.
You meant that you'd never been
with anyone
as handsome as me
or somene
who had
such a way with words.
In fact,
I really admired
the simplicty
of those words.
"Get away."
You said so much
with so little.
I knew you were someone
who measured her words
with uttmost precision.
And I knew
I had to have
you & only you.
Why?
Because
I love
the thousand-and-one ways
you touch my Heart,
my Soul,
and fill me with a passionate
longing
to be One with you
forever
and
ever.
So be happy
I've picked you.
Be happy
that I want to lay
my long
lingering
kisses
on your lips.
Be happy
that this
simple man
of few words
who knows what he wants
and really WANTS what he wants
wants
you.
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