I Need You to Feel BEAUTIFUL

I need you to feel beautiful
because no matter how much I tell you,
you'll never see what I see when I look at you.
It troubles me that you shut your ears to my words
because you don't believe
what you perceive
as lines you've so often heard.
So you force field yourself
to the truth of my spoken lyrics
because you feel that I plagiarized these "lines";
therefore, you don't wanna hear it.

Lady, I need you to feel loved,
cuz no matter how many ways I
express that to you
whether in Shakespearean verses or
in form of a haiku,
you'll never believe me and will
end up bein'
disapproving, argumentive, and jealous
of everything I do for you and
every woman that steps to me.
How will that make our relationship seem?

I need you to feel safe,
especially in my arms.
I know I'm not the greatest or even the best
but baby, you gotta know and trust
that I'd never hurt you intentionally
cuz that's just
for the "grown dudes" and niggas who
are ig'nant and immature and
who don't know the concept of love
and the power it beholds and stores...
But that's not even ¼ of how I feel for you.
Although my words and proclamations are like
air waves hitting the back board and bouncin
back in my ears one way, out thru anotha.
Baby I want, no need you to discover
the renaissance beauty that lies in you.
Darlin' please, I just need you to feel beautiful.
But not for me....
I need to you feel beautiful for you.

If suddenly God called me home,
forcin me to leave you all alone,
I'd need to know before I go
that loved unconditionally are you, by you
and that you are exquisite and one of a kind.
And please, realize that you need to see you for you,
being content with waking up in the morning
and looking in the mirror at the natural beauty
staring back at you and tell that woman with a smile, "Hello Beautiful."