Mutual Gain

It would be so nice
to find someone
who is reliable,
but likes to have fun.

Someone I can study with,
and talk about school;
whom I can be myself with,
and still be "cool."

Someone with some innocence,
so I can relate,
and do some teaching,
and share my fate.

Someone who wants
the giving I do,
and who would thrive
on giving me too.

Someone who'll appreciate
my affection and care;
someone who wants
to be part of a pair;

Companionship,
as well as love;
when a little
never seems enough;

Someone who makes me smile
and has a sense of humor;
someone who'll stay a while,
but not a blind assumer;

Someone who'll fill the days with fun
and the nights with passion;
someone who'll care as much about mine
as his own satisfaction;

Someone I can cry to,
but won't be afraid to cry on me;
someone I can count on
for now and eternity;

Someone who has common hobbies,
but interests of his own
that I can learn to appreciate
and he can learn to loan;

Someone who recognizes touch
as meaningful affection;
someone who wants as much
a benevolent connection;

It would be nice to find this guy,
so I can share my now and future.
All I want to find
is someone to love and nurture.

June 6, 1994