She knew he would eventually understand
Her gift in retrospection
Introspection and recollection would show
The superficiality of adhering to a ‘type’
So she gave him more than he was ready for
More than he deserved
Plenty to lay in store for the time
Of his awakening
The predictable shallows:
His comfort for too long
Bathed in full moon light
Drew him to deep
Sleep taught him
Dismantling stereotypes in his subconscious
Wake challenged him
Positing new directions for consideration
Visions and dreams implored him
To act—to defy the convention
And profanity of ‘the perfect woman’
The absurdity of a flawless personality:
The ideal
The expected
The accepted
And instead
Love in the abandoned way
All secretly seek
Were it not for the criticism they would reap
From those who because of
Their own insecurities and jealousies
Advise him not to leap
But the spiritual realms pushed him
For everything in conference knew
He would never in all his life
Meet one so unique again
Nairobi Thompson (c) 2016
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