Semmaster's Thoughts
Life of A Little Man
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“Hi, how have you been doing? May I sit down and talk to you for awhile? I know this may sound strange, coming from someone you hardly know but girl, I honestly think I’m falling in love with you. I know that it’s true love because I never felt this way before. Now, I know you’ve heard these lines a thousand times but you can believe that the words I speak are true. How do I know that it’s true love? Well girl it’s sort of a long story. You see: TRUE LOVE When a boy is saddened by the death of a friend, And feels as though his own life is coming to an end, He needs someone to help him get along in this world, So he searches for the comfort from a nice young girl. When the boy meets the girl who he thinks is just right, He says, Oh Man, that girl is out of sight. But when she turns him down before he even starts, This boy is a man with a broken heart. When the boy tries again and for the same reason he fails, He feels as though he’s living a life full of hell, For he has no one to turn to, no one at all, Because he is different, for he is very, very small. When the boy walks the streets with tears in his eyes, And feels as though he wants to die, He stares into the darkness, alone he stands, For he’s slowly but surely becoming a man. Just when the boy has lost all his dreams, In walks the most beautiful girl he has ever seen, His conscience tells him it’s too good to be true, For the girl that he loves… It’s most certainly you. When a boy spends his time writing poems about a girl, baby, you can believe that it’s true love. The first time I saw you, about two years ago, I just knew I had to make you mine. But I was unable to express myself to you until now because I was afraid of being turned down. But girl, it doesn’t really matter now because even if you do turn me down, I will have at least known that I tried my best to make you mine. And girl, I hope you truly understand the way I feel because I believe my time is running out. You see: When a man has reached so many goals, And achieved them all but one, He has just little time to go, Until his life is done. When a man has fought because of hate, And thinks he has revenge, His hate will all return to him, Just like a door on a hinge. When a man has trouble and grief on his mind, Because he feels alone, He needs someone to help him out, And a place to call his home. When a man has searched for the thing he wants most, With prayers from the Lord above, The thing he wants and also needs, Is the thing that you call love. As you can see, my feelings on love are very strong. Without you, I have no one to express them to. Girl, that’s why I have to make you mine, because without you, I’m just a lonely man. Darling, what I’m really trying to say is… “IF YOU ONLY KNEW.” If you only knew me, you would understand, That my reactions and my feelings are those of a man, I am just a little man, but my love is very true, If you only knew me, Darling, If you only knew. If you only knew me, together we could fly, Forget that I am very small, Oh Darling won’t you try? I know that we can make it, cause without you I am blue, If you only knew me, Darling, If you only knew. If you only knew me, you could see that I’m sincere, You’ll never ever be hurt again, for my love is very dear… I can see by the way you are looking at me… You’ll never be mine, Because to you, I’m just a little boy who will never ever grow, I guess you’ll never know me, Darling, I guess you’ll never know.” Just as my love life, this Original Oratory speech landed me a third place ribbon. I had achieved many accolades with my physical attributes in sports. The only thing wrong with being a jock is being a jockey, if you know what I mean…Ok, girls loved jocks, they just couldn’t stand short jocks. This concludes the first part of the book in which I will call “The Beginnings Of The Life Of A Little Man.”
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Semmaster's Thoughts are poems written and based on the struggles of a small town boy trying to cope with being different. He was too tall to be a midget or dwarf and not tall enough to be "normal." His self esteem sunk lower than a clam at the bottom of a pond when his brother drowned in a lake on a farm that he was working on. His brother was sixteen years old, in the prime of his life, leaving his fourteen years old brother to ponder how to continue life without his mentor. Tommy, the young boy's brother, was perceived as a god, with the boy's entire identity dependent on the personality and actions of this boyhood man. The gift of lyrical expression was thrust within the soul of this boy, to connect with a higher and mightier mentor, to guide him through adulthood. As he grew into a man, a soldier, a husband and a father, the gift took control of the little man as he began to master his craft. The poems in this book show the progression of the mind of a troubled boy’s evolution into a man of controversy. This book delves into the complexities, the simple, the humorous and reflective views of "The Little Man" who grew to be known as Semmaster. Calligraphy on front cover done by Kris L. Stephens.
About the Author
Semmaster was born Steven Eugene Miller on the twenty second of February, nineteen hundred and fifty five in Springfield, Ohio to Clarence Fred and Winifred Ann (Armstrong) Miller. He was the seventh single birth born into the Miller clan of ten children with two sets of twins. Born in the middle of the two sets of twins, he entered the world exactly one year and one day after the first set and two years and five months before the second. The early years of his life were consumed imitating every movement, emotion and thought of his brother, Tommy, the fifth born and elder brother, by two years. The dynamics of the Miller family consisted of five girls and five boys, five left handed and five right. The names and age differences are as follows: Brenda Joyce-1947; Clarence Fredrick-1949; Gregory-1950; Sharen-1951; Thomas Edward-1952; Teresa Ann and Terry Alan (Twins)-1954; Steven Eugene-1955; Cynthia Diane and Carolyn Denise (Twins)-1957. Life in such a large family, with the closeness of age, was like a mini United Nations. The alliances were Tommy, Terry and Stevie (TTS); Teresa, Cindy and Carol (TCC); Clarence and Greg (CG) and the final was Brenda and Sharen (BS). Within each nation at 2539 Lexington Avenue, there were constant battles for supremacy of everything from control over the TV to command of the telephone. The co-chairmen, our parents, of the U. N. settled most disputes with a conference-call in the basement. Through the years, these conferences re-affirmed the closeness of the nations as a whole. The author, through his parents, has learned to manipulate all adversities in life with a little humor and a strong dose of faith. The spirit guides the destiny of Semmaster into the humorous, complex and reflective thoughts of a little man.