The Man Behind the Shades
Walks beside me, tenderly.
They say you can tell a lot about a man
just by looking into his eyes
just by his inviting smile
just by the way he carries himself
especially when he’s on his last mile
They say the suit doesn't make the man
that there’s so much more to understand
than the gold on his wristband
or the batmobile he suits up in
I say you can tell a lot about a man
just by how he looks into your eyes
just by how he smiles at you when you're sad
just by how he carries his own weight
or behaves when he’s mad
They say behind every successful man is a woman
and I say
I’m not behind anyone
but I’m beside him
that is
if he’s beside me
But to truly walk beside me
he must be okay with showing me
his weakness and his strength
his tears and his hopes
his success and his failure
his glories and his stories
about all the times he was
sorry
