Poem2024-07-25T09:32:52+00:00

A Gentle Man

By: Ingrid Showalter Swift

He is a calm man
with quiet ways
Loving me
... for endless days

Trusting him
I have no doubt
What love and marriage
are all about

He is a quiet man
with gentle ways
I know if you knew him
you would ask him to stay

He is a handsome man
capable and kind
Passionate and playful
the best you can find

I know if you're out there
dreaming of me
You can see clearly
Life is good and sea free

I dream of you often
and pray for you, too
Hoping that God
takes good care of you

There is no going back now
the path has been laid
But I will love and regret you
all of my days

Loved and loving as I do
I just want you to know
That my dreams
came true

That the pain that we felt
was not just a whim
You saved me and spared me
let my life begin

I love you, I love you
with all of my heart
Perhaps in a life time
we won't be apart

Wherever you travail
whatever you do
Know that My love
is always with you

So with Freedom to sail
with your handsome head high
Wind at your back
No reason to cry

I'm off now to live
as you taught me to
With passion and laughter
... and daydreams of you