Self Portrait (poem)

Self Portrait

The question is often asked
who is behind these keys
So I set my pen to the task
and provide this tease

A chef's blade I wield
poultry, pork, and beef
This onion you peel,
the layers run deep

Six strings I bend
the blues I perform
Singing I only pretend
listen beyond the norm

Tales of woe by Poe
Life inspiration of Emerson
Fantasy warden in Jordan
Silent stalking for King

These are not my role above
no, that would be remiss;
rather for daughters to know love
from their proud father's kiss

My desire is a simple request:
interstellar collision of fate
A lady's attention to arrest,
and make her feel first rate

Ah, but the time of chivalry is past
shining knights are unemployed
There are no balconies to sing under,
with a sweet Juliet to adore

Still in moonlight i walk along
starry eyed I wishful gaze
Ready to write my song
to one who sets my heart ablaze

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, August 23, 2005
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bianca bisnauth - Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:25:00 PM

this is horrible it is no good

ur mom - Monday, May 05, 2008 1:19:13 AM

agreed

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Michael C. Neel, born 1976 in Houston, TX and now live in Knoxvile, TN. Software developer, currently .Net focused. Board member of ETNUG and organizes CodeStock, East Tennessee's annual developers conference. .Net speaker, a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP and ASPInsider. Co-Founder of FuncWorks, LLC and GameMarx.

Proud father of two amazing girls, Rachel and Hannah, and loving husband to Cicelie who inflates and pops his ego as necessary.

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