MY perfect partner

Although this is not the first time I will be embarking on a blogging adventure, I have decided to make this one a very different and worthwhile adventure from others I have started and abandoned midway, this blog is going to be about a whole lot of poetry, drama, news, articles, entertainment with the spotlight on me, myself, you, Nigeria and anything else that crops up and is worth talking about.
Today, I have chosen to start the launch of this blog with a piece I wrote at about this time last year, it’s about the matters of the heart, call it poetry, musing, tag it an article if you like. I know there are lot of people out there who still believe in love and the beauty it brings to life. I’m still on its quest and I know I will find mine. How about you…Enjoy

Finally, I’m ready to admit it
I dread the unexpected and the future unseen.
I want to live this life, enjoy every luxury it extends my way but above all i want to love
Yes…i really do
And when i mean love, i don’t mean the kind that is currently making waves on the streets which includes the cyber space ( twitter, Facebook, Bbm ) in the clubs, motels, in dark alleys and behind seats of borrowed vehicles, not the kind of love where you are in a relationship today, engaged tomorrow and single by the next day, only Facebook permits you those kind of wonders.
I can’t imagine a love where the man and the lady are joined together for money or the numerous ailments that have befallen love in this global age of G-strings, artificial insemination, online sex, contract marriage and a host of other ills i can’t be bothered to name cos I’m sure we all know them and more, feel free to remind me of anyone I didn’t include.
That brings me to the question that bothers me most.
Am i ever going to love and be loved in return?
And my answer of course is yes.
My faith tells me yes and my mum often says that for every man or woman, another perfect half exists.
I can’t help to wonder how, but if it’s true, how perfect will she be?
Will she be fat and short since i m slim and tall?
Of course not.
That for me would be a perfect calamity.
Will she just be a television wife or that partner i so desperately need.
Wherever she is now, i want to beg God in advance.
Please don’t make her short, fat, lazy, plump or sharp tongued
let her not be one of those that feel its hip to wear her jean low or think daily shopping is a routine that must be fervently adhered to.
I also hope she doesn’t wear her hair high and wild with a face painted like she fell into a mishmash of crayons or she won’t pierce her nose and tongue like those rock stars while all that’s in her head are the names of night club and sleazy bars.
Make her tall, slim with eyes to die for, lips to kill for and a smile that could tame a roving eye like mine.
Make her sweeter than Avocado cooked with prawn cocktail, make her lovelier than any word can say, make her a good friend, a fine mother, a great cook and above all, a terrific lover.
Let her be intelligent and smart so we won’t be doomed for better, for worse to eternal boredom.
I know i have asked too much already but please also make her all those secret things i have always liked, dreamt and wished for but can’t write here cos of all the people reading.
I should also send her a warning in advance,
Please let her know I could sometimes be stubborn as a palm nut, though they eventually break.
I could be strange but i expect her to trust me, I could be very mad when she pretends to ignore me cos i m sure my fragile heart can’t survive that.
I could be over caring and sometimes too sweet.
I’m not easily troubled so she should brace herself for a life of no dull moments, lots of crazy fun, loads of kisses, pages full of poetry, sweet surprises and of course babies too, not lots of them though.
So i m hoping she is blessed with a calabash load of patience, trust, romance, loyalty and above all an undying love for me, me alone and ultimately God.
Maybe I have asked for too much but I am willing to settle for a little bit less, everyone sure has a dream. This is mine………… Do you still believe in love?