For the single men in my life.
This is my picture,
But it isn't me.
It is just as far as most of you
will try to look and see.
Either you will find me attractive
or not.
Some of you will find me ugly,
Some of you will think I'm hot.
But none of you will know me,
By just knowing my face.
Most of you will never even try,
to look at me in a different light,
coming from a different place.
Some may venture a little below the surface,
and might even see a little of what
is in this head and heart that makes me - me.
Even fewer will look hard enough to see the depths of
my hopes and fears,
and almost none of you will be comfortable enough
to share stories that evoke tears.
So, why is it then,
Many of you will have the nerve to step to me
and kick major game?
Some have offered to take me home,
without stopping to even find out my name!
I will have you know, I am not
these eyes, those lips,
that butt, or those breasts.
Approach me like that and you will never
see my best.
Try describing me without using anything
you can see.
If you can't do that then you don't know me.
And why would you try to sleep with a person you don't know?
Okay, now you just proved that a man can be a hoe!
but seriously though, Look harder,
take your time and you might just see,
the person that I truly am and
the truth may just set us both free.
For most of you though, this is something you'll never even see.
(Before you comment, Yes I did take a picture so it would last longer, No look harder doesn't mean stare at me, Yes I know all men are not hoes, and No I don't think I am all that, I know I am!)
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I think those that have photos of themselves, including me are often trying to put images of the real them as much as possible and on this forum; which fortunately is much better than the experience I had on MySpace. I find that by reading what people have to share does allow me to know them more than that surface, initial observation.
But even to some degree this might be unfair and I don't really even know them just by reading poems, stories, articles or comments they write or reading their bio information. Knowing is very relative.
I first know one in degrees, based on the time I spend with them. I know them also based on what I am willing to share of myself and give them and based on what they share of themselves and give me.
Very interesting and for me thought provoking.
It's good to see you don't have any confidence issues.
I do have a question for you, though: why is this addressed to single men? Married men can be lecherous, too. And then, of course, women can be guilty of making the same assumptions about you.
Men go after what they can SEE, women go after what they think they can get..
same thing, different process.
Yes Lloyd some women are that way too, but most of them at least pretend to know who you really are. For what thats worth.
Thanks Donald, thats what I was going for, and I am not always that confident, just today.
I will be posting an artical shortly entitiled " EVOLOUTION OF THE MALE MIND" you might want to give it a look.
There is a reason why we had precepts to follow that clearly dictated sex after marriage. To eliminated those who do not love, but as hunters prey upon women.
To know someone, takes months effort and committment, only then the two can decide of they are made for eachother aside from feelings alone.
When sex is introduced too soon in the relationship the opportunity to become a soulmate is lost because the flesh has taken over and our reason is impaired by lust.
Many of you will not agree but from personal experience and observation of people's lives I am convinced that a lot of pain and suffering, unwanted birth, and abortions, could be avoided if women had better sense in this area.
Women have always influenced men behavior, may be time to do so again and stop believing the fuzzy feelings in you tummy is love because it rarely is.
A man who loves a woman would not put her in a situation where many women are today. Single mom and no support.
This was brutally gorgeous writing!