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IN MY LIFE…I’VE BEEN CALLED MANY THINGS,
ALL I ASPIRE TO BE…IS A GOOD MAN.
IT WASN’T TILL YOU LOVED ME,
I ACTUALLY BELIEVED…NOW…I KNOW I CAN.

ALONG THE WAY…I HAVE STUMBLED,
LOST MY WAY AMIDST THE DARKNESS IN MY SOUL.
APPEARED…BEHAVED…LIKE THE MAN I USED TO BE,
NOW I SEE…I WAS OUT OF CONTROL.

I’VE BEEN IN SITUATIONS,
THAT COULD’VE COST ME MY LIFE.
I DIDN’T BLINK…I DIDN’T FLINCH,
NOW I CAN SEE…THAT WASN’T RIGHT.

I SHOULD’VE THOUGHT OF YOU,
NOT JUST ABOUT MYSELF.
BECAUSE OF THOSE TIMES…I REALIZE,
I NEED YOU FAR MORE…THAN JUST WHEN I THINK…I NEED HELP.

I NEED YOU ALL DAY…ALL NIGHT,
YOU ARE MY PEACE OF MIND.
THE GLUE THAT’S HELD ME TOGETHER ALL THESE YEARS,
THROUGH THE GOOD & BAD TIMES.

SO LOOK INTO MY WEARY EYES,
PAST THE PAIN…PAST MY DECEPTIONS…INTO MY VERY SOUL.
CAN YOU SEE…I WAS INCOMPLETE,
NOW…BECAUSE OF YOU…I’M WHOLE.

I PRAY…ON THIS JOURNEY THROUGH MY MIND,
YOU FORGIVE THE TIMES I WAS DISTANT & WITHDRAWN.
FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE…I REALIZE…WHAT I WAS SEARCHING
FOR,
HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF ME ALL ALONG.

CAN YOU SEE…DESPITE MY SHORT COMINGS,
NO ONE WILL LOVE YOU LIKE I DO.
IF YOU LOOK DEEP ENOUGH,
YOU WILL SEE…WHAT I’M SAYING IS TRUE.

I HOPE YOU SEE…DESPITE WHAT I’VE DONE,
AMIDST THE DARKNESS…THE GOOD MAN I CAN BE…SHINES
THROUGH.
AND THE GLIMPSE OF A GOOD MAN…PEOPLE SEE,
EXISTS…BECAUSE OF YOU. 
Posted: 2010-12-11 02:50:19 UTC

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