“No Romantic-Come-Lately”

It’s pampering time, Love,
and I’ve been thinking lately
My promise to make your summer enchanting if you’d date me

A man’s home is his woman
and his woman his castle
My lovemoat surrounds you to extinguish the hassle

Of a workweek that’s callously
taken you for granted
Did they say you’re expendable and still haven’t recanted?

It’s quite alright, babygirl,
I’ve been let go a few times
and finally made peace with my hurts and my rhymes

One must be strong
Are you tired of being strong?
We hate to be wrong but it’s okay to be wrong

The learning becomes a yearning
for the simplest of truths
Like banter and laughter and a hand that soothes

Your professional ambitions
and entrepreneurial instincts
You can ponder with me over jazz and mixed drinks

I’ve been writing and creating,
and investing sweat equity
While quietly longing to share the complexity

Of the mysteries of rejection
what it is I must do
To win your devotion I may have a clue

Your Monday was stormy
and Tuesday so sad
Wednesday was worse, though Thursday less bad

But Friday I designated
that feelings manifest
I’m adamant to fulfill your every request

Have I told you lately
what you mean to me?
More than spoken words, I’m writing my decree:

Now, Friday night
and henceforth evermore
I’ll nurture our romance like those times of yore

When a man didn’t ask
what a woman couldn’t give
You’re my summer’s romance for as long as I live.

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Pamper the woman and eternal is her romance. -Rg2

         © 2012 Pamper-Her-Friday by Rg2®

   Vocals: The Essential Anita