I Need...

Someone to keep it real;
Who wouldn’t mind my lousy mood swings
And my tendency to bring up petty quarrels;
Someone who can meet me halfway
When I feel as if the road to his end seems longer than I’d expected;
He will understand my need for space
During times when I have to overcome internal battles on my own;
And though we’re apart, there is peace in my heart
Because I know that I am loved for who and what I am;
Never mind that he’s not the flowers-and-chocolates kind of guy
Just as long as he gives me his heart, for it’s all I’ll ever ask for;
He’ll forgive me for the little mischief that I’ve always been
And then I will want to be a better person;
I don’t need to be spoiled to my heart’s content
But he has to know me well enough to make me smile
Even with the simplest joys that life could offer;
Someone who can put up with my childish nature
And wouldn’t mind watching me cry over sappy movies and love songs;
I need someone who will let me into his world, his life
As I am willing to open up mine for him;
Someone who’s not afraid to let me see his vulnerable side
Even if he’s got his male ego to take care of;
And when everything else in this world turns its back on me
He’s there with his waiting arms for me
He will be that one person I can call my pillar
To lean on when the weight of the world seems too heavy to bear
As I shall be the light that never gives out
Even in the darkest hour of his life.