I’ve been asked why my attraction to you is so strong
why I feel that you’ve been with me since I was born
what has happened in my life that proves you’re there
the only answer that I can come up with is just “because”

because I was a small boy without a father,
you were there
because I was a young man without a love,
you were there
because I am an older man who’s lost his way,
you are here
because I will be an elder man who will find you,
you’ll be there

my gifts were given to me by you even before I knew I had them
poetry, words, music,
the gifts of emotion and empathy,
these are the gifts that you have given to me
gifts that I didn’t want at times
but gifts that I needed to become the person that you wanted me to be

I know now that you’re the reason I’m here
I can see now it’s because of you
that I’ve become what and who I am
that I had to go through the class
to learn the lessons
so that I can understand that the person that I was
is not the person that I am

I see now
that you move through my life in my guises
mother
sister
lover
wife
friend
and that from each guise
I’m to learn what it is that will guide me to the next step
the next part of my life
the next phase of my growth

it’s all because of you

you’re the one that opened my heart and my mind
you’re the one that opened my soul and my life
you’re the one
and for that,
for all that you’ve done
all I can say is

thank you. .  .

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