Love can either make you feel on top of the world or six feet beneath it
It leaves you completely vulnerable and that’s it’s best kept secret
Rafael Shortridge

The Thought Of You

You stay on my mind from the moment I arise to grace the morning skies
Enveloped in your passionate smile and beautiful charisma
Enticing every aspect of my intellect with effortless ease
Your presence so potent and powerful, occupying my complete attention
It is immeasurable the joy you bring into my life, one of life’s most profound rewards
The beauty of your soul and the sharpness of your mind, created flawless by design
To care for you, to be able to be there for you, is a necessity my soul demands
To feel the warmth of your appearance as your beauty lights up the sky
A true privilege I have yet to be blessed with…

I’d Love to Love You

I’d love to please you

I’d love to sing with you

I’d love to dance with you

I’d love to share a meal with you

I’d love to hold your hand

I’d love to be your man

I’d love to be explored by you

I’d love to travel the world with you

I’d love to do everything with you

I’d love to do nothing with you

I’d love to have endless conversations with you

I’d love to quietly share ideas from my brain with you

I’d love to spend as much time as I can with you

I’d love to, whenever we are apart still be communicating with you

I’d love……You

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You live within my mind, soul, body and heart
Loving you it just might as well be its own art
I want to build a family and some memories together
Looking back at our lives and all the spent time we treasure
Seeing you reborn though all our little ones
Me living on through our young handsome sons
Your sweet sincere laugh and beautiful smile
I can barely go without, even for a little while
Just to feel your skin pressed tight against mine
As we lay together while our minds are entwined

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My Love for You is deep like the Ocean Floor
I want to Father your Children, maybe 3 or 4
You mean the World to me, always on my Mind
Seeing you Smile feels like a ray of Sunshine
Young…But Wise and Forever Smart
It gets hard at times when we are Apart
I can’t explain how you make Me Feel
When I’m in Pain, your strong Love will always heal
You occupy my thoughts from Sunrise to Sunset
I wish you could lay your head upon my chest
I want to be with you until our dying days
Your arms….To be my final resting place
To smell your scent and taste your Lips
One of life’s most Joyous Gifts
Your Love, it makes me Strong while Weak
Can you be mine to Keep?
Not to be seen as a Possession
To Have You in my Life is such a Blessin’
I Love You, I cannot be any clearer
Life without You, is My Greatest Fear