Lie with Me a Little While
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Many men in my generation were raised on Clint Eastwood, Chuck Norris and the Marlboro man. Men that stood alone, did it their own way and always triumphed in the end. Against all odds they braved the perils, vanquished evil and won the girl. All without doubt, all without shedding a tear. This was the model for men for generations. Men that didn't need anybody. Stoic men.
My father was such a man. He was career military. Not an regular officer, mind you, an NCO. The backbone of the service. He was a good man, an honorable man, a proud man. But he never let his doubts or his fears show nor his failures be known. I wish he had. Intentionally or not, he taught me by his example to behave the same way.
But sometimes the world beats the crap out of you. Sometimes it takes more than you have to give and then kicks you to the curb. It's not always fair. Hell, it's not often fair and the good guy doesn't always win. For many men it's not easy to admit but sometimes you can't go it alone. Sometimes you need someone to lean on, to bind your wounds, to soothe your nerves, to ease your mind ... to reassure you. I know sometimes I need someone to ...
Lie with Me a Little While
Lie with me a little while
let me bask here in your smile
Warm my heart, melt the frost
let me know all's not lost
Ease my mind, quell the noise
blanket me with your voice
Sing to me a lover's song
chase away all that's wrong
Soothe my nerves, it won't take much
the healing calm of your touch
Kiss my brow, stroke my hand
renew my strength, help me stand
Still my soul with your eyes
see through my 'brave' disguise
Though oft I fail as a man
tell me, please, that I am
It's not so hard to fight the tide
when you're here by my side
Alone with you the world it fades
its fears and cares all fall away
If I could, I'd always stay
and never would I ever stray
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You have a real skill with words Poetic Fool! I have been reading your hubs most of this evening and I am really impressed. You seem to be able to pull things out of real life memories and experiences and express it in words that many people can relate to, quite a gift
Richard your poem is beautiful. Your words are wonderful. This is my favorite poem of the day! Thank you!:)
This poem is beautiful. I hope my husband can turn to me like this.
Beautiful! Tender and touching! Have a blessed day!
Thanks, R9139! Your check for the glowing praise is in the mail! Seriously, I do appreciate it. Most all of my writing is from personal experience but some is fiction inspired by real events. I think it makes for the best writing. At least for me anyway. Thanks again.
Aw, thanks Linda! Coming from you that means a lot. I'm glad you liked it.
Homesteadbound, thanks. I hope he can too. It can make all the difference in the world.
Shimmering Dawn, thanks so much. You have a blessed day as well.
Yet another poem here that I love Poetic Fool. Voted up.
Cresentmoon2007, I'm glad you like it. Thanks for reading and voting. Have a great day!
Well done my poetic friend. You captured the tenderness, you wrote from your soul and that's what a great poet excels in. Your work is getting better with each scribe you pen. Well done.
Thanks, Vincent. Coming from you this means a lot! I'm very much a right-brained, analytical type. I'm slowly learning to reach into the left side of my brain and express things from that side. Thanks for the support and encouragement, my friend.
Excellent work, very touching and the foreword is very true.
Excellent. In many of my hubs I write about the decline of real men like Eastwood, Norris, and Cowboys. This poem is good for men and women. Great work!
Great poetry, Contains both tenderness and strength, blended very well.
Echoe0021, thanks. It is true. Men need to find a balance between toughness and tenderness. Thanks for visiting.
Tammy, we have to remind ourselves that those characters we love to admire are just that, characters. Unfortunately, a lot of men buy into that image and struggle to conform to it. As I mentioned before, many of us need to find the balance between the tough guy and the tender guy. Thanks for reading.
Hi Cleaner3. Thanks for the kind words. That is what I was aiming for.
This was absolutely beautiful. I enjoyed it immensely.
Lady_T, nice to see you here on HP. It's been a while. Thanks for the kind words and I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I hope to see you on here more often! :)
Voted up and beautiful. Although guys stand tall and walk tough there's always a softer side. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Jennfer, thanks for reading and voting on my hub. I do appreciate it. Thanks also, for the follow which was returned in kind. Have a great day!
Your poem is so beautiful and real. Everyone, man and woman needs that safe feeling..Thank you//
You're so right, Ruby, we all do. It's just harder for most men to admit! Thanks so much for reading.
Fabulous work, your words so tender and special.
Thank you, voting up/beautiful
best wishes MM
Thanks MM! Always appreciate your visits and comments. Have a great day!
Ah that is such a beautiful poem =) It's very romantic and I hope I have a guy that feels that same way with me =)
Thanks so much, Cassidy! Your kind words are appreciated. I hope you find your guy as much as I hope I find that woman! Cheers!
Absolutely beautiful.
Your prologue is so touching and fitting. My father was very similar and did not like us to be too 'touchy feely' with him. He was a type 'A' personality, very disciplined and a workaholic. He took his role as the head of the household very seriously. The closer he got to retirement he began to soften and show more affection. He cherished his grandchildren and suprised us by engaging them in sillyness. In the end, he was the one that pulled us close to his face to kiss us goodbye before passing on last year. I was blessed to have experience this. My husband is also a hard-worker and very disciplined, but I'm fortunate that on occasion he will roll over and simply say, just hold me...and I do. Treasured moments.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful and important perspective, MissOlive
voted up and sharing
Beautiful, awesome. Like missolive says, the prologue is touching and fitting. And then we get to the poem, which is so well done! Loved reading this beautiful piece this morning. Way to go. Loved it! Voted up, awesome, beautiful, and SHARING!
What a great poem! I love the rhythm and the way it flows. I especially love the metaphor: "let me bask here in your smile" Beautiful! Voting up.
Missolive, I'm so glad you were able to get closer to your father as he got older and before he passed. My condolences, by the way. My father softened up too with age and I find I am doing the same, fortunately.
Also thrilled to hear you husband turns to you when he needs it. That's the way it's supposed to be. Thanks so much for your very kind comments, they are much appreciated.
Hi, Victoria! Thank you! You compliments mean so much. Thanks for reading, voting and sharing my hub. I'm humbled. :)
Savanahl, as always your visits are much appreciated. I'm glad you liked my piece. I've been working on different techniques in my poetry of late; imagery, alliteration, metaphors, etc., trying to get better. Your comment encourages me that I am on the right path. Thanks again. Have a great day!
It is just so beautiful. You brought the little scared baby out of man's heart who show off to be brave. This is very true and sweet the way you expressed it. Most of the peoples who show that they are strong and stubborn are actually sensitive from inside. Lovely poem. I guess it can be a good song :)
Hi Angela, so glad you liked it. What you say is true, there's a little boy inside of men even if we don't want to admit it. Thanks for your kind words. They've made my day. You have a great one too!
Wao! this is simply awesome. I am thrilled.
Justjed, thank a lot! Glad you liked it. Have a great day!
Loved this piece, its important for men to know that they are allowed to crumble, that it doesn't make them less of a man, infact it makes them human like any other. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks, PK2010. I like the way you've put it. Unfortunately, some men have the 'macho man' so ingrained it is difficult to do. Having more understanding woman like you would certainly help! Thanks for reading and you kind comment.
This is a beautiful poem. Voted up!
Hi Poetic Fool
Beautiful, tender filled with tenderness and vulnerability. I found it very moving.
Voted up and away!
Thanks, Kathleen. Glad you liked it. Thanks for reading and voting.
It is beautiful work and you are no fool. So many need this kind of moment.
Thanks Poetic Fool for letting us as men be real in your verse and maybe then we can be real period.
Hi Hyphenbird, I haven't seen you on HP for a while. Nice to see you again. I think you are right, many could use this. More than we probably know. Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment.
Hello, vrbmft! Well, I suppose it has to start somewhere right? Might as well be here on HubPages. Thanks for reading me and leaving your hopeful comment.
This was such a great poem and so fitting for the month of love, I had to feature it in my latest hub luv hub! Great job!
Homesteadbound, you humble me by including my poem in your hub! Thank you so much, I am overwhelmed by the reaction to it. I guess I must have struck a nerve. Thanks for visiting and your kind comments.
You made me cry :)
Lilliana, I will take that as a good thing. I hope so. Thanks for letting me know that it moved you. It means a lot. Have a blessed day!
It's a good thing :) It's beautiful
This is very sweet and a great reminder of Valentine's Day. Great poem!
Thank you, Alecia! I didn't write it with Valentine's Day in mind but it certainly is appropriate, I think. Thanks for reading and the wonderful comments.
Well done friend....kudo's to you!
Great and beautifully written poem of love and appreciation of how women like to be treated.
Bobbi
Beautiful piece of work...I was in Aww!
Voted up as beautiful.
Jrandol62, thanks for visiting and kind words, my friend.
Bobbi, thank you so much. Thanks for reading me and such nice comments. Have a great evening!
Hi, Ruchira! Well, I am humbled by your comments. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading and voting up my hub.
Such a tender write--and I loved the introduction to your poem--it made the poem so much more meaningful--I think in some ways, your piece is the companion to mine today--
Thanks, Audrey. Yes, they well could be companion poems! I wrote this hoping that maybe, just maybe, one guy who was raised like me would be willing to open up to his wife and get the support he needs. Thanks for the kind words, my friend. Have nice evening!
You too! Sharing your piece!
Very beautifully written and sweetly expressed , so genuinely :)voted up all the way across and you deserve it ! and i pushed all the buttons too !:)
what a beautiful poem! so much emotion, i really feel the passion in you writing. great work, you have motivated me to write a new poem :)
Jami, thanks so much. I know you understand this poem and its underlying motivation more than anyone else. God bless you!
ScRuTTy, your comments move me. Thank you. If you do write a new poem, be sure to let me know so I can check it out. Thanks again, so much!
great work. i love the strong rhymes and specific images
Thanks, PDX! I do appreciate that. I've been working on the imagery in my poems of late. Glad to hear I'm making progress.
It is awesome that you expressed that men are no different inside. We have emotions and feelings but frequently fail to show them. It is good when a man can share like this.
Voted UP
Graceful, resplendent, beautiful, lovely, moving...I could go on but I think you get the idea. This is the type of poetry I would love to write. Absolutely Brilliant. Voted up, beautiful and SHARED.
Curiad, thanks and I'm glad you agree. There are still a lot of us that can't bring themselves to show such vulnerability. Thanks for taking the time read and comment.
tillsontitan, your comments have made my day and certainly stroked my ego! Thank you so much. I'm so pleased you liked it so much. Thanks also for voting it up and sharing. Have a great day!
This is a warm and touching poem. A gentle acknowledgement that every human needs comfort and validation to feel truly loved and appreciated. A powerful reminder to us of the gift of embrace. Thank you. Up and "beautiful."
fpherj48, thanks so much for the lovely comments. As you say, every person needs this. Sometimes it just hard for us guys to admit it. Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment and vote.
Really good and I am somehow amazed how I have missed you this long. It is so good to really mean what you say to a writer and it is impossible for me to say it to those absolutely no good. I see some people throw pretty words in a hub and they say nothing yet 50 people might say,"How beautiful" That always baffles me.
Jackie, thanks so much. I appreciate your kind comments. I do understand what you are saying. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Thank you. Reading you just makes me want to write and I really need that.
Jackie, I just sent you a message on Facebook.
Lovely poem, we all need encouragement and restoration at times. I so identify with everything you said about your father. My father was an Air Force NCO and before that he was a Polish immigrant who came to America as a young boy fleeing both Hitler and the Soviets. Needless to say, he was tough as nails and saw no reason why we shouldn't be as well. It was not until he was in his 70;s that he softened and became emotional about his family and his past.
phdast7, my father was Air Force too. Time seems to soften most of us eventually. At least he got there! Thanks for taking the time to read and comment.
Poetic Fool,
I just had to return to tell you don't forget to frame this poem. You might sell it to American Greetings--just a thought. Do you have a book of poems? Women just poems about being treated in such a thoughful loving manner.
Good Luck!
Bobbi
This is a very beautiful poem, Poetic Fool! Its not everyday a man will express the way he is feeling, I can only hope to find a man that will do so with me and know that he doesn't always have to walk that road alone, I would gladly walk it with him.
Loved every word of this hub! Voted up!
Sweets21, thanks very much. You sound like a jewel and I'm sure with your attitude it won't be long until you do find him. Thanks for such kind comments!
It must be very difficult to be a man and find the balance from the tough-macho look to the softer and more sensitive kind. Men has feelings and emotions, that sometimes get overlooked. However, men need to feel true love and tenderness, as much as women. Fantastic hub and your poem was very touching and gentle. Simply beautiful!
SanneL, thanks so much. Your kind words are much appreciated. It can be hard at times but the right woman will help bring it out of you. Thanks again!
Poetic Fool,
Although you published this hub a few weeks ago, I have just discovered it today.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE ~ this hub.
So Beautiful, So Awesome and Romantic...
Blessings!
Ciao...Princess Prisca
Princess Prisca, I see you are making the rounds of my more recent poems. Thanks so much. This is one of my more recent ones and also one of the better received. It seems to have struck a chord in both men and women. It's gratifying to see such a response. Thanks again. Have a great day!
It's nice to have someone to lean on and lay with for awhile. Thank you for this poem that says it so well...
andsoforth, thanks for reading and commenting. It is nice to have someone to help soothe your nerves.
You're more than welcome Poetic Fool and thank you for such kind words!!
Very touching. Voted up and shared.
I loved this! Voting up and sharing as well.
Amazing poem, and introduction as well... I admire your gumption and honesty. Beautiful poem, voted as such.
This was so gentle and loving! Amazing in so many ways. I do believe men may not always show their emotions but deep inside they always need that tender care.
Thank you
Sunnie
Very true.. Wonderful poem!
Thank you, Kimberly. Glad you liked it. Thanks also for voting on it and sharing it!
My Minds Eye, thank you too. It is so gratifying to see that men and women can relate to this poem. Thanks for sharing it too.
Hi toys-everywhere. You have an interesting hubname! There must be a story behind that. Thanks so much for your kind words. I'm encouraged that you liked it. Have a wonderful day!
Hello, Sunnie! It's so nice to see your smiling, beautiful face on a comment to one of my hubs. Your comment shows that you truly "get" what it was all about. Thanks for the kind words. They are always appreciated.
Hello again, madmachio! Again, I'm so glad you liked it. Your visits are always welcome!
Really it is a beautiful peace of art.
Thanks
Thanks, Taleb80. I consider your comment high praise. Art, wow! You've made my day.
Poetic
You worth it.
Thanks
jami l. pereira 7 weeks ago
Very beautifully written and sweetly expressed , so genuinely :)voted up all the way across and you deserve it ! and i pushed all the buttons too !:)
Jami, thanks! So you did see it. I was looking for your old avatar not what is there now! So sorry, thanks for the very kind words.
R9139 Level 3 Commenter 3 months ago
Great work, very well put together