Heavenly Portrait

HELLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Shabooie to all...it says I haven't written anything since June. (Pharrell in "Grindin" voice) Draw-lin! Well things have definitely been moving and shaking since then. New job, first episode of a new show (We're Just Talking), and new friends. But I will make a conscious effort to discuss these items in great detail this week. Right now, I was listening to "You Don't Know My Name" by Alicia Keys, and put a little rhyme together, called "Heavenly Portrait". It's a little piece talking about my vision of the right woman, and how that matches with God's (Follow him at @TheoriginalHOVA jk). Check it out, and let me know how YOU feel.

Midnight’s arrived, and I’m impatiently waiting/

Dreaming of what you will be like, I’m creatively painting/

An image so vintage, a classic illustration/

Then I wake up and draw some more, this time a correlation/

I wonder if God’s the one painting; I’m just holding the frame/

Do our visions match up; are our ideas the same?

I know how this will be/

Because I see her every night, like The Wayans on TV/

She’ll be a show stopper with a sparkling personality/

And a smile so rich it could restart our economy/

Mahogany melanin...it runs like water/

That I’ll drink from every day; I’m always thirsty for her/

She has every damn right to be arrogant/

But the girl gives me her all, like she's a Samaritan/

Call her Claritin; she seems to clear my head up/

A sexual nature so strong, Mr. Clean would mess the bed up/

That’s what I see, that what I see/

Dear Heavenly Father, please cosign me/

Place this special woman right beside me/

And I’ll give this world life, Iike I’m an IV/

A beautiful gift from you, I’ll always adore it/

Deservedly so, she’s a heavenly portrait.

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