By Hedvig
Date: 2002 Jan 04
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Bristol Cream

Don't care if you are chubby
or very very thin
don't care if you have grey hair
or a clef deep in your chin

Don't care if you're a short guy
or very very tall
don't care if you wear sneakers
or don't wear shoes at all

Don't care if you are hairy
or have a dimpled cheek
don't care if you have muscles
or seem a little weak

Don't care if you should have a scar
or skin that's baby soft
Don't care if you strut a golden tan
or if you're socially scoffed

Don't care if you are bald or plump
with whiskers on your face
Don't care if you wear leather clothes
or wear a knee wrapped brace

Don't care if you are rugged
or smooth as Bristol cream
don't care if you ride harley's
or sport a Lexus dream

Don't care if you wear glasses
or see better in the dark
don't care if you have tattoos
or skin that's smooth and stark

Don't care if you are brown and svelte
or white as winter's snow
Don't care if you've been bred with blue
or lack regalia's show

Don't care if you're a lawyer
or work in Macy's store
Don't care if you love bowling
or surfing on the shore

Don't care the color of your hair
or the color of your eyes
Don't care if you are lifting weights
or if you've won a prize

Don't care if you can write sweet words
to impress seductively
Don't care if you can gab for hours
and rant constructively

This list is wrought with frivolous thought
the trivial outward view
which some consider all that matters
that's all they pay heed to

But I guess I am quite different
for all I care to see
is what lies in your heartfelt mind
how you embellish me

Your interaction with others
the workings of your soul
the way you treat your neighbor
the virtues you extol

The way you hold and kiss me
the warmth of your embrace
the way I feel when you come near
the sunshine in your face

The smile of your approval
your thoughtful cheery way
your regard for all my feelings
each and every day

They way you try to please me
the loving that you make
the way you give to all who live
how you never seek to take

Your zeal for truth and friendship
Your lust for life and me
These are the things I cherish
These are the things I see

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