The Artful Dodger's blog: "My Poems"

In The Light of the Day

Let us walk in the light of the day
Let me gaze at your smile
As warm and bright as the sun.
Your hair sparkling
Your eyes exciting the very essence of life
We are who we are;
and in the sunlight there is no pretense.
I watch your form
As we walk through a wood
As we picnic by a lake
As we get caught up in the waves of the sea.
Enjoying one another before the darkness falls

For though I love you still
Under moonlight and stars
Magically transforming your silhouette with a hazy halo of gold
Or by the warmth of candlelight
Dancing playfully across your face
The darkness hides the flaws;
and obscures the blemishes
which make up part of who we are.
Your flaws I must know
Your blemishes I must see
That I might love you and the entirety
of who and what you really are.

For you see: I too am deeply flawed
And I seek out that love
which can look past my imperfections
Seeing deep into my soul
Accepting,
Nurturing,
Loving me for the man that I am.

So let us make love in the sun
Let us dance the dance of imperfection
Until our two flawed beings
Combine in precise choreography
Creating one
Perfect Love!
R.F.Hamlett Sr 11/19/09