we all long for

I think we can all relate...

I long for a friend for all seasons of my life.
Someone that I can lean on when I am not strong, who can party and drink with me, who can go to church with me, who can argue with me, who can laugh with me, who can play with me, who can talk with me, who can read read with me and who can cry with me. I long for a friend that will help me when times are bad and celebrate with me when times are good.
I long for openess and mutual acceptance and to not be punished for that.
I long for...
I long for someone with whom I may party on a Saturday and enjoy galleries on a Sunday and enjoy both equally. I long for someone who reads with me, watches movies with me, dances with me, travels with me, enjoys pottery with me, drinks wine, vodka and umeshu with me and gets drunk with me and then goes to the ballet, art exhibition, Taiko drumming concert, dancehall and summer music/poetry festivals with me.
I long for...
I long for someone that does yoga with me and then Zen meditates with me and then goes to a Christian church with me and still accepts the theory of evolution...I want someone that shares my religion with me.
I long for....
I long for someone to play badminton with me on Saturday and admires Japanese gardens on Sunday. I long for conversations on philosophy and politics and humanity and social order and religion and world peace and love and hate ....
I long for...
I long for someone that goes on hikes and will carry me up the hill, watches every sport though not being that athletic. I long for someone who admires nature with me and takes photographs with me and listens to music and just sits and does nothing with me. I long for someone to drive in the countryside with me. I long for a friend that will follow my lead. I long for a friend whose lead I can follow....I wait longingly for a friend I can trust.
I long for....
I long for someone that enjoys eating as much as I do, just the pleasure of good food and great company and good wine. I long for the spirit of adventure coupled with a sense of responsibility.
I long for a relationship where I can curse and not apologize and at the same time speak in perfect English and not be made to feel pretentious.
I long for someone that longs for all this too and will allow me to be all this in their life.
I long for freedom, I long for ... me.

*Adopted from Marcelle (said so well)