A Woman like You

I bear the resemblance of all those before me

Traces of their being flow through my veins

Some give me vision and great inner strength

While others account for my pains

 

But no one before me defines me or leads me

Nor casts out a shadow to darken my will

I stand on my own with my own reputation

Of taking just action when others are still

 

And all that I am and still yet to be

Is owed to the love that once saved me from me

The love that sustained me through all of the years

I struggled and fought to survive my worst fears

 

Emerging at last as the man God intended

Not perfect; but perfectly true

To the task of becoming a man more deserving

Of loving a woman like you

Reviews

[Annette Lemma]

This has great lyrical quality as evidenced by the sturcture and flow. I wonder why you chose the rhyme scheme: abcb abcb aabb abcd. I expected aabb in the last stanza, but nothing is lost in the lack of rhyme.
The message is strong and clear.

Great poem, Vic!

[Emily B]

This is wonderful. I like the flow and the height of it. . .