-- Beauty in Vulnerability --

John Herlihy

There is beauty in your vulnerability

That stirs my love;

Just as there is a truth in your mystery

That feels like love.

You confess your fears of not being enough

That feels like uncertainty;

I confess that your gifts are far too much

To convey a sense of certainty.

You worry that you may not be the women

That I thought I knew;

While I worry that I may not be the man

That you thought you knew.

Whenever you bear witness to your insecurity

I endeavor to give you relief;

Whenever I convey to you a sense of security

May I add to your self-belief.

Fear not that you betray the woman you are;

I reach for you as I reach among the stars.

While the stars reach down from a distance far

And like the stars, we cannot be but who we are.

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(c) John Herlihy 2 February 2020