As You Are Poem by Courtney Steele

YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONFORM I LOVE YOU AS YOU ARE
THE WAY I AM FEELING I UNDERSTAND LOVE GOES FAR
I SEE HOPE IN THE DISTANCE LOVE IS PRESENT BUT IT'S YOU THAT I AM MISSING
I WISH YOU WERE IN THE VICINITY
LONGING FOR YOU IS SIMILAR TO BOYS SEEKING A GIRLS VIRGINITY
YOUR PATIENCE IS MY CLARITY
I DON'T NEED MATERIAL ITEMS I ONLY WANT CHARITY
OFTEN TIMES I WAIT
SOMEHOW YOU HAVE OPEN MY MIND, MY HEART, & THE GATE
MY PEACE OF MIND & THIS BEAUTIFUL STATE
THE WORDS YOU SPEAK I INTAKE AS FOOD
I CAN ALWAYS DEPEND ON GOD WHEN THE WORLD SEEMS CRUEL
THEY COME TO HARM WITH THOSE MINDS LIKE THIEVES
LONG AS YOU ARE THIS PERSON MY SOUL IS RELIEVED