Solid

something real and good -- inspired by a comment from Paul Bell

You're a guy who

"cleans up pretty good"

you once said to me,

a long time ago.

You're a farmer, a worker,

a red neck at times --

but only

in t-shirts and tan lines,

not in the ways that matter.

You are everything

that he was not.

and nothing that he

used to be.

You never shower me

in praise and poetry,

to wash the dirt of all the

mean you threw at me

the night before.

But when you shower me,

you hold me

like I want you to,

and even wash my hair.

You are

Solid.

As a man

should be.

Author's Note

Reviews

[barleygirl]

This poem does the perfect amount of comparison. I wouldn’t be too fond of a poem that compares too much, becuz it’s not fair to define one love in terms of a different love. But the one poignant example you paint is powerful enuf to convey the comparison well & why this current sweetness is so very appreciated. I very much prefer the kind of profile you describe as being my kind of man! *wink! wink!* Fondly, Margie

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you. Of my more recent poems, this one is surely a fave. I do appreciate

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

I think every woman desires a man that is strong enough to just allow her to be a woman and all that it implies. You have done a splendid job of capturing him in print. Long may he live!

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you very much

[Ted Kniffen]

God one, Lyn. There has never been anything wrong with t-shirts and tan lines. Glad to see things turning around for you, as this poem so ably demonstrates.
God write.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much

[Tom]

An earthy testimony to the pheromone of testosterone!

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you I appreciate

[Tom]

You're most welcome even if a little late??

[Paul Bell]

Where you hiding Lyn.
Hope solid guy is still solid.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes. Thank goodness. Somewhere between the dark and light

[Paul Bell]

That's coming out of winter, or Trumps attacked the country.

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

I heard a song in this lovely poem. Honest and raw." "To wash the dirt off all the mean you threw at me"
So filled with tears. Beautiful!

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much

[Ruth]

Ah, this is so lovely, the real, not just a cover up, nothing compares to such :) Beautiful and moving :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you very much

[Papaya]

Solid. Yeah, I like that. How true that they fling dirt and then hope to cover it with sweetness. Good one Lyn.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much.

[aLittlePain]

Solid! Such a great word when it comes to relationships. It's not fancy or extravagant not wrapped in pretty words it's just honest and simple, and you express it so simply that it carries so much. R xo

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you I appreciate it

[Tony Jordan]

This really makes a man look at his behaviour and want - as E! said - "To be that man".
This reminded me so much of a favourite (and so very sad) song 'Where have all the cowboys gone?"
Fiercely beautiful Lynn.
(hugs)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you very much.