onepolyprayer

I�m Not Seeking
Attractiveness

The arrow from the eyes
That startles my Heart
That often glossy cover
A millimeter thin�
A bone shape that fit�s
Our current culture�s
Definitions of beauty

I know from my Experience�
That these features and
Feelings are transient�
Short lived� changing�
Residuals from our
   Traditions
   Training
   Habits
   Fears
From our previous world
Of Only Just One

From my experience
I have ceased to revere�
To remain a captive of
The myth of the
Romantic Ideal
And its mantra of
The beautiful

But I know that I have
Sufficient stores of
Care and concern for
More Than Just One
Intimate Friend

I Am Seeking
Your Laughter

I want to experience
Your vision of life
And your humor will
Tell all�
Will we share the
Same foibles� the
Same constraints
Of insanity
Will we see the same
Sillinesses that comprises
Most of our lives
I hope so

I Am Seeking
Your Mind

We live in our minds
They contain our values
Our ideals� our dreams
I wonder if ours might
Be similar
What a wondrous gift
Of chance (or synchronicity)
That could mean there
Might be yet others
Added to my life

I�m Not Seeking
Your Lust

I have no lust remaining
For you� for anyone
I no longer live in a
World of sensual scarcity
Lust has no role in my
Sensual abundance

But I enjoy the touchings
The warmth� the rising
Tensions� the moments
Of release when sometimes
You feel you may have
Almost touched a soul

And I enjoy the aftermaths
The shelter of closeness
To my Others� the clasp of
A hand in our darkness

I Am Seeking
Your Friendship

We each� and all� have one
Precious asset in our lives
... The asset without which
There are no others

If you and your Other
Will share your time
With me and my Other
My living� our living
Will be more pleasant
More exciting
More bountiful
More fulfilling
More Alive

I know you must allocate
Your time� with economics
With children� with family
� With your Twosum
Perhaps even with sorrow
And pain� I do as well

But our genetic tentacles have
Been extended to the pool of
All life� now is the time to
Extend our roots

My wish is that if we
Could become friends
� Intimate Friends
That we assume a
Tithe for our time
That we allocate a
Small portion of that
Remaining to our
Togetherness�
   Four at a time
   Three at a time
   Two at a time
   Does it matter
   Among Friends

   We will talk
   We will dance
   We will laugh
   We will cry
   We will touch
   We will moan

We will create
Fond memories
� We will create
Fond dreams for
The tomorrows

If this could be in our
Lives� then in our
Times together� each
Must promise to say
A thank you to the
Chance that out of
The billions� our
Paths could have
Crossed� and for the
Wisdom we found
To forego the fears
� and the surfaces

What a Strange 'Grace'
For a Restaurant Dinner

Just One Poly Prayer

If the topic of 'Attractiveness' in intended long-term Relationships
is of interest to you, also see:

http://www.geocities.com/moretolife3/thumps.html

Do YOU Still have the 'Thump-Thumps' for your Other?