What guys look for in a girl

I want a girl who reads

“So, what do you go for in a girl?”
He crows, lifting a lager to his lips
Gestures where his mate sits
Downs his glass
“He prefers tits
I prefer ass.
What do you go for in a girl?”

I don’t feel comfortable
The air left the room a long time ago
All eyes are on me
Well, if you must know

I want a girl who reads
Yeah. Reads.
I’m not trying to call you a chauvinist
‘Cos I know you’re not alone in this
but…

I want a girl who reads
Who needs the written word
& uses the added vocabulary
She gleans from novels and poetry
To hold lively conversation
In a range of social situations

I want a girl who reads
Whose heart bleeds at the words of Graham Greene
Or even Heat magazine
Who’ll tie back her hair while reading Jane Eyre
and goes cover to cover with each Waterstones three for two offer
but I want a girl who doesn’t stop there

I want a girl who reads
Who feeds her addiction for fiction
With unusual poems and plays
That she hunts out in crooked bookshops for days and days and days
She’ll sit addicted at breakfast, soaking up the back of the cornflakes box
And the information she gets from what she reads makes her a total fox
Cos she’s interesting & unique
& her theories make me go weak at the knees

I want a girl who reads

A girl whose eyes will analyse
The menu over dinner
Who’ll use what she learns to kick my ass in arguments
so she always ends the winner
But she’ll still be sweet and she’ll still be flirty
Cos she loves the classics and the classics are dirty
So late at night she’d always have me in a stupor
As she paraphrases the raunchier moments from the works of Jilly Cooper

See, some guys prefer asses
Some prefer tits
And I’m not saying that I don’t like those bits
But what’s more important
What supersedes
Is a girl a with passion, wit and dreams
So I want a girl who reads

On Forgiveness

Fragrance is the most subtle tidbit in an appealing piece of appetite. And it is the same fragrance that often works wonders on the human heart. It is said that a bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. Fragrance, like mercy or hatred always leaves a certain portion of its bulk to its source. It never goes away completely. A tiny bit always lingers.

Yet, it has the power to make or break things. All of them, I’d rather say: mercy and hatred and fragrance (obviously not literally in this case). One just can’t ignore their presence or the orbit of their presence. And then, one stops to think and realize that the orbit is larger than the universe itself.

Forgiveness is the miraculous power bestowed by the almighty God upon His insignificant creations. And we, mere mortals fail to succumb to the responsibility that comes with it like every other object of power that has been given to us. Forgiveness is like the fragrance that never fades away. It has, concealed within itself, the glory of mercy as well as the sweet taste of revenge that comes with hatred. This is because forgiveness is a decision to no longer hold on to an offense against another group or person. It's a choice. Whatever one chooses, he wins. Forgiveness, on the surface, is the tool to redeem conflict. It is the ticket to move on in life.

Things are never easy. Even a child’s play isn’t easy for a child, or for an adult for that matter. I could give u numerous examples for that. And then there comes various circumstances to make them even more complex. Forgiveness, too, isn’t an easy business. It takes real grit and superiority to forgive someone, and when that someone has done some act of utter contempt, God save that soul from the burning vengeful human heart.

Yet it is forgiveness on the part of the victim that comes to his rescue. Forgiveness, these days, is never used to heal to its optimal potential. A mere word admitting guilt is not enough to appeal for forgiveness yet a ‘sorry’ from the heart is all it takes it start. Grudges are harmful, more so to the person holding it. Letting go off that grudge is what lets a person let go off the burden of his vengeance and in a manner achieve it to the fullest satisfaction.