I AM

I am a beautiful man.

A man of many colors
vivid and diaphanous
and myriad sounds
muted and loud,
including the non-noise
of silence and the blank
canvas of waiting
for you and the floor
of home on which
to love and stand
when ready.

I am a man of strength
of presence
of durable
living
with the uncertainties
of others
and of my own cherished whims
and wishes where worry speaks
in fleshy pink tongues
to seashell ears
in ofttimes unheard
archaic language.

I am a beautiful man.