There are times when I feel so full of emotion.
I want to give some one my love and total devotion.
Then there are times that I want to stay free.
There’s no way to combine the two that I can see.
The love I have to give is unlike any other.
My spirit must stay free, that I refuse to smother.
If I was to do that then I would never be the same.
It’d be like taking a beast from the jungle and making it tame.
That’s why in my life my relationships have been pretty brief.
I have stolen women’s hearts just like a thief.
I had to return them when they wanted me to change.
Not being able to do as I please makes me feel strange.
When I go to return them I could never get it quite right.
I’d leave fingerprints behind like a thief in the night.
Apparently with me their heart didn’t belong.
If they tried to make right what was never wrong.
My relationship will be built on a foundation of trust.
This is not an option to me, I consider it a must.
If the trust is there then my spirit can still soar.
It will make me love that woman that much more.
Now that you know all this can you accept me for what I am?
A free spirited but loyal and loving man.
Lanny Russell
9/22/00
