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7.​ ​Remember the first time

from Blessed is the Man by Dale Carl Fredrickson

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    Blessed is the man is the story of how men can grow their capacity for mutual LOVE and become openhearted, emotionally expressive, and relationally connected. It challenges toxic masculinity that has caused woman and children harm through unchecked anger, emotional repression, and self-reliant pride. This album uses poetry and the sounds of banjos, mandolins, saxophones, violins, and guitars to inspire men (and those who care about men) to let LOVE shape their lives and write their stories.

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lyrics

Remember the first time

Years of haunting loneliness
of seeking and hiding
of desperate wanting
before thousands
of silent snowflakes
on Larimer street
whirl and twirl
in the light
of the moon.
My hands are reaching
the stitched flowers
on the sides
of your dress
your fingers brush
my cheeks my neck
your lips are kissing mine
your lips are kissing mine
for the first time.
Your warmth is
a brave home
for my tremble.
Through a million acts
of unending vulnerabilities
i want our lips
to say hello and smile again
on our wedding day
late nights and early mornings
labor and delivery
hard conversations
dishes and laundry
brussel sprouts and bacon
change and transitions
everynight i want to kiss you
like the first time
everynight as snowflakes fall
as we grow old
i want to place my hands
on your body and whisper
remember the first time
your lips are kissing mine.

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from Blessed is the Man, released July 24, 2020

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Dale Carl Fredrickson Denver, Colorado

Dale is a poet from Denver, Colorado. He’d like to inspire the entire world but finds that inspiring himself and his family and friends is work enough. He writes and speaks about beauty and misery and his favorite story is the one about how love surprises us in the end. He fails a lot. On his best days, he lives by Samuel Beckett’s motto, “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” ... more

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