The Beautiful Walk

There’s a way that he moves through the world on his legs
That don’t cost him a thing and never begs
For permission or space or an apology note
He just walks into rooms and the room takes note
Automatically naturally without design
The beautiful walk is nothing like mine

The beautiful walk through every open door
The beautiful walk taking up all the floor
Of attention and presence and easy command
The beautiful walk looks like the promised land
From where I’m standing watching it go
The beautiful walk and its natural glow

I’ve tried the posture I’ve tried the strut
I’ve tried the confidence replacing the gut
Reaction of plain-faced men in the room
When the beautiful walk comes in and assumes
Its natural station at the center of things
The beautiful walk and everything it brings

There’s a confidence that beautiful men carry
That wasn’t earned exactly but that isn’t scary
It’s just how the world responded to their face
From the very first moment they entered the space
Of human encounter and the world said yes
The beautiful walk came from all of that yes