Monday, June 14, 2010

He Sees Me Naked


He Sees Me Naked – 16/05/2010
- Darcel de Vlugt

He sees me naked –
In all my glory,
With all my worry,
And he is not fazed.

He sees me naked;
Beneath my mask of MAC,
Without the camouflage I use to hide my issues;
Without the airs and graces and bells on my feet;
Without the self-impressions and self-opinions forced upon me by society;
Without pretence, without barriers, without boundaries…
He sees not my flaws, even though I am flawed,
Even though I am floored and awed by how perfect he is,
He sees me naked and to him I am perfect.
To him I am a breath of fresh air;
To him I am new and undiscovered;
To him I am Eve on the first day in the Garden of Eden –
The only woman in existence, his woman…
He sees me naked and he sees my spirit;
He sees my imperfections as mine and mine alone,
Making me as perfect and unique to him as a unicorn;
He doesn’t see a horse with a misplaced horn.
He sees me naked and he sees my fear of judgment;
He sees the need to protect me, to wrap those arms around me and take me away
To where I can be safe from prying eyes and suspecting souls…
He lends me his eyes so that I may see myself in them;
So that I may see me in the way that he see…
He gives himself to me because I let him see me naked –
Stripped of ornament and decoration, and all that jazz…

Just me.
Just plain old me…
And he is not fazed.

He sees me naked,
And were I to ask him to tell me what he sees,
He’d smile and reply that he sees me in a way I’ll never see,
He’d reply that he sees me
and therefore he sees beauty.


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7 comments:

  1. Just beautiful; i'm happy that he see's you naked; you deserve it hun.

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  2. Very beautiful, Darcel! :) It's so wonderful to be with someone who loves us and accepts us, and makes us feel safe in our own skin! I'm thankful to have a husband who is like this.
    May I post this on my Facebook page, with your name under it?

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  3. hi Nikki, thank you so much for your comment, of course you may just please make sure and put my name (artists - always so protective of their work!), but this poem is one of my babies so it means a lot that you liked it...
    Be Blessed Always

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  4. This is an awesome piece. I got goose bumps reading it...awwwww
    We women seldom feel this way and it is a blessing to have our esteems lifeted in this light. You go girl.

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  5. i really like your poem it really means a lot.....

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  6. Hello may i also put your poem in my account the same with nikki putting your name under because i do have a wonderful husband like you who loves for what and who I am.....tnx....

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  7. Of course you may, thanks a lot!

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