This one is dated 9/9/1993 and Mac1949 helped me write this one.  It is more upbeat than my usual poetry.

 

My True Love

 

My true love’s face is dark as night

Deep and velvety, a creamy brown

A handsome, marvelous, wonderful sight

That won’t let my heart calm down.

I’ll never want for anything

So rich is my true love.

Not furs, not cars, not a diamond ring

All this we are above

I’ll never have a love so hot

It’s really down right steamy

All that I want my love has got

Smooth and sweet and dreamy.

 

And though to you it may seem loco

I love nothing more than a good cup of cocoa.

 

While going through some boxes recently I came across some writing and poetry I had done in high school.  This was before I knew I was bipolar.  I feel some of my best writing was done at this time – so I would like to share some of it with you.

This first one I did not title, but the object of the exercise was to create our own poem using the form and style of Donald Hall’s The Child. Below is my version.

 

We live among a daydream

a bright and loving theme

Nobody can destroy.

 

We sit and think alone

by sparkling pools, in a world

where families are destroyed.

 

Tears roll with sorrow

as the wind breathes softly

with the sound of crying children.

 

We hear soft groaning

with empty thoughts

of a once felt caress.

 

We sit until we ache

of the unforgotten memories

we have left behind.

 

When we stand to leave

we stop suddenly

to drift in eternal bliss.

Well, it is Wednesday once again and I shamefully have not put up a post for a whole week.  I am a dreadful slacker, I know.  But since it is Wednesday, that means it is time for another Hump Day Hottie!!!  Woo-hoo!

With everything that has been going on in the world, and in particular the Japan disasters, I would like to spotlight an unusual hotttie – Tim Minchin.  The only reason I say “unusual”, is that some might say he is not conventional.  But I look not only at physical beauty (which Tim has) but internal as well.  Very important.  And get used to it, because I am likely to pick more unusual ones – it makes us unique.

Tim was born in the United Kingdom to Australian parents and grew up in Perth.  He is a comedian, actor and musician but is most known for his musical comedy.  In 2001, Tim married his life-long sweetheart, Sarah, whom he met when he was 17.

Tim has a, um . . ., unique onstage persona. He generally goes barefoot, saying it makes him feel more comfortable.  His wild hair and heavy eye makeup, which he considers important because he is unable to gesture while playing the piano and so relies on his face for expressions and gestures.  Tim says the eyeliner makes his features more distinguishable for the audience.

Now anyone who is familiar with Tim’s work has had the experience of laughing and crying at the same time.  Although “stunningly beautiful” would not normally be a response to his songs, I feel the one I have chosen to spotlight, Not Perfect, is just that.  He has captured a very difficult spiritual concept and given it his personal twist.  When you can look at yourself and say, “It’s not perfect, but its mine,” its a beautiful thing.

Ok all, I have decided I might try a regular column.  Every Wednesday I would like to bring you the “Hump Day Hottie“!!  I know, it will be a struggle for me finding all these drool-worthy men.

So the first ever Hump Day Hottie is Kostas Martakis!  The 26-year-old Athens born Gemini gained attention in 2006 with the reality talent show Dream Show.  Prior to that he was also a model and played basketball in amateur minor leagues.  He is not just handsome but smart, too.  He majored in computer technologies at the American College of Greece.

Below is his single, Loving You – a duet with DesiSlava, a Bulgarian pop singer.  Enjoy!