Sicilianman, 65

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living
I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your hearts longing
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love...your dream...and for the adventure of being alive...
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow...
If you have been opened by life's betrayals, or have become shriveled and closed from further pain...
I want to know if you can deal with my pain, your own pain and not hide it.
If you can celebrate my joy, your own joy and relish it.
If you can let Ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingertips and toes, without fear...

I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself
If you can bear betrayal and not betray your own soul...
If you can be faithless...therefore trustworthy...
I want to know if you can see beauty in a everyday, even if its not pretty
If you can live with failure, yours or mine and understand we are human
I want to know that you can get up after a night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to continue living
I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me.I want to know......