I don't want to be your knight in shining armor
I don't want to be your ship safely ashore
All I really hoped for was that you would walk beside me
But baby, I'm not sure that I can do this anymore
I don't just want to be 'big brother'
Yes, I'd like to be all that but more
Baby I want to also be your lover
I want to be the One that's coming through your door
I'd like to be a daddy to your children
More than a grownup playmate while they swim
And hold their mommy's hand while they are growing
Be the one that she can lean on thick or thin
Once we talked with honesty and longing
When you said, 'pick me' I really did
We laughed and made some future plans for joining
I thought that was the space we both were in
But then I found myself holding too tightly
Clenched that I was sure to lose my grip
And if I moved, even ever so slightly
That's when I felt the dream begin to slip
Should you ever want to bring your whole self to me
If 'how 'bout a life? ' becomes the question asked again
Let's live together joyous, free and rightly
As lovers, soulmates, twins and best friends
But I'd really rather not be your fall back plan
I want to spring forward with you instead
Don't wish to be a flip side to another man
Aching with a broken heart and head
I don't want to be your knight in shining armor
I don't want to be your ship safely ashore
All I really hoped for was that you would walk beside me
Take my hand and somehow guide me
On a path we both would share
But for now baby, I'm not sure that I can do this anymore
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A great piece of writing, which im sure most of us can relate to in one way or another...there is so much honesty and real emotion here, not all flighty butterflies, just the facts... i do hope you both meet on common ground and live your dream..... good luck karen