What Really Matters In Life Poem by JAMES T. ADAIR

What means more than the word 'love'
is the affection and care you show someone
You can throw all the 'I Love You's' out the window
and it wouldn't take away
from all the little 'I love you's' that kindness can say
But 'I love you' rolled off my tongue
meant to make you feel happy and not push you away

Anyway...

You make me feel so nice when I'm in your grace
So serene the feeling when I see your face
and most of all I feel the emotions in your heart
and from you I wish to linger and don't rush to part
When we were confronted with Stay or Go
I stayed for you...regardless of love
and I know you know
Its says something more than 'I love you'
It says that I care and I hope in time it feels inside you
that you're someone special to me

Our age is likely to get in our way
But God didn't make our hearts that way
they feel things we can't even say
and do so in a timeless way
as when the sun shines on the earth
and warms it as it passes each day
You just touch me in a cosmic special way
And when I look at the stars in the sky
I say God Bless You to you, far away
I'm thankful that you came my way

I don't wish hold what isn't mine
but your smoky eyes I hope to look into
for precious moments in time
and your soft hand I hope to hold someday
if only for a while so that I can recall it in days ahead
with hearfelt smile
I know more than most that life is fragile and rare
and it hurts me more than anything in the world
to imagine you not being there
I'm happy to be the smallest part of your life
you don't have to ponder being my wife

I snore in my sleep
and I can be messy
and I typicall wear jeans and boots
more than I'd dressy
but I'm more than most men
and have a few good traits
I can swap and engine and fix brakes!
and I'm good at putting my foot in my mouth
and making big mistakes
But when I see you sad or crying
I'll do whatever it might take
to make you smile again
a real one....not fake!

My little darling I just want to think
somhow you'll always be there
in some form to know that you love me and care
there's much I know in life that's been hard and unfair
and that's just why I care
I'd miss you too much if you weren't there
so can I stick around and stay in your hair?
We might be an unusual one...
but somehow
we make a nice pair
So hold my hand and don't be afraid
This might be one to the best mistakes we ever made!

Later in life we can laugh lest we cry
whatever happens lets be close
and never say goodbye
I love you's may be overrated
but Cupid shot me in the rib anyway
when I fell as I skated!

So laugh and be happy
its OK
We'll talk many times anyway
your pal I'm going to stay
unless you decide to toss me away
Mabye oneday we'll go outside together and play
and that to me will surely be a happy day
so this last thing I don't want to miss
whenever we meet we'll greet with a warm hug and a kiss
and whatever we happen to do or say
we'll part the same way
Because you're a wonderful woman so soft
and I just want you to know
I love you! .....ooops sorry!
ssshhhhh.....well, maybe it will eventually show


© James T. Adair