The List

Make a list of `100 characteristics I was told one day,
Of what you want in your next man, and he’ll be on his way.
List what you want in Character, the things that he will do.
List all that you love, like, and hold dear, it will all come true.
Think of how he’ll treat you, and what you want to see,
Think of all the ways he’ll show you, that you were meant to be.
100 things seems daunting, but it will ferret out
The most important qualities that you forgot about.
So I started on my list of the man who was to come.
I thought of all the things that all the others had not done,
He would enjoy all that I loved the most, and also would be fun.
The man who was perfect for me, my future love: The ONE!
This man does not exist, they said; this list impossible!
You cannot find a guy like that, you need one much more dull.
I dreamed of this man all my life, the list was kind of easy.
But still it took a lot of time to frame the one who was to please me.
I made my list and waited for this miracle man to appear.
Who would this man be, with all these values that I hold so dear?
I’d forgotten all about the list when he finally found me.
My best friend from so long ago, when we were young and free.
“I’ve loved you more than half my life, and I love you still.
You are all I’ve wanted, I want to be with you if you will.”
So be careful what you wish for, and be careful what you do,
Words you know have power, and wishes do come true.
-Terri Wilson-
Archives 2015
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