"I Played Todd My Way" to the tune of: "I Did It My Way"

And… now…Todd’s end is near;

And so I’ve taped my final version.

My fans, your love is dear;

My time on ‘LIFE’ quite the excursion.

They hired me on as Walker Flynn

Then flipped me as Todd Manning.

But more…much more than this

I played Todd my way.

Regrets?  More than a few;

But only a few, I will unburden.

Todd did what was wrong to do;

And his redemption is still uncertain.

I planned Manning with care;

I cleaned him up, I clipped his hair.

But more…much more than this;

I played Todd my way.

For what is an ACTOR!

What has HE got!

If not himself, then he cannot

Say the things he truly feels:

"I won’t play Todd like the other guy!"

Let the critics crow, I’ll take the blow!

And play Todd my way.

I’ve loved, I’ve laughed, I’ve even DIED.

Most storylines, not of my choosing

And now, eight years aside;

I find it all…quite confusing.

To think I endured all that;

And may I say, in a bold way,

Oh, no, no not me.

I did it my way!

Yes, there came a time, as though on CUE!

ABC bit more than it could ‘CHEW’!

And that’s not all:

When there was no doubt

Original Todd was IN!  And I was OUT!

I braced it all, stood six feet tall.

Trevor St John’s way!

By Phyllis (Phy One) Scott, July 31, 2011

TODD
By Kenyetta Haynes

BLACKNESS SURROUNDS THE DARK LORD
BITTERNESS, PAIN, ANGER, JEALOUSY,
LOATHING, HATE, FEAR
ALL THINGS PEOPLE SEE ONLY IN HIM
THINGS HE SEES WTHIN HIMSELF
FIGHTING AGAINST THE MADNESS
AWAY FROM HIS VENGEFUL AND AT TIMES EMPTY LIFE
HIS SOUL LONGING TO BELONG,
NEVER QUITE REACHING, PLUNGING BACK INTO DARKNESS
TO BE REPEATED AGAIN AND AGAIN
LOVES LOST, THEN REGAINED, THEN LOST AGAIN
HURT, BETRAYAL, LIES, MANIPULATION, DECEPTION
SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS PERMEATING HIS HEART
BEATING WITHIN THE CONFINES OF HIS COLD EXTERIOR
A SHELL OF A MAN, THE LIGHT STRUGGLING TO BREAK FREE
LIVING, DREAMING, LOVING, ILLUMUNATING HIS TRUE DESIRES
YET THE DARKNESS REMAINS
AS SEE THRU THE EYES OF MANY
EXCEPT FOR ONE…




EVANGELINE
By Kenyetta Haynes

SHE EMBODIES GREAT PHYSICAL BEAUTY, INTELLIGENCE AND STRENGTH
BUT IT IS HER WHITE LIGHT THAT RADIATES FROM WITHIN
AND TOUCHES THOSE SHE ENCOUNTERS
MIND, HEART, SOUL, TRUTH, JUSTICE, MORALITY
CONERSTONES IN HOW SHE LIVES HER LIFE
TACKLING HER WORLD, CHALLENGING, CHANGING, CHAMPIONING, BELIEVING
ALL WITH GRACE AND DIGNITY
STRIVING TO BE THE BEST, REVELING IN HER SUCCESSES, REELING IN THE AGONY OF HER DEFEATS
PLACED ON THE SHELF OF “ANGEL” AND SHACKLED TO THIS IMAGE CREATED
NOT ONLY BY OTHERS WHO FEAR HER, BUT BY HER OWN MAKING AS WELL
LONGING TO BE FREE, TO WELCOME HER INNATE DARKNESS
TO BECOME WHOLE, EMBRACING THE DEMONS THAT LIE IN HER SOUL
DEMONS THAT SHAPE HER COMPLICATED WORLD, REVEALING HER TRUE ESSENCE
SEARCHING FOR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, ALWAYS REACHING, NEVER ATTAINING
HER HEART AND SOUL STILL WOUNDED FROM HER PAST,
HER PAIN AND SECRET DESIRES KNOWN BY NO ONE
EXCEPT ONE….






TOGETHER THE FLAME IGNITES
A TINY EMBER BURNING ON THE SURFACE
SMOULDERING HOT FROM WITHIN
SEEDS ARE PLANTED, A FRIENDSHIP IS FORGED
TWO SOULS, OPPOSITE HALVES OF ONE WHOLE
THEIR HEARTS BEATING SEPARATELY, YET INNATELY AS ONE
THEY ARE DRAWN TOWARDS EACHOTHER LIKE THE CURRENTS OF THE OCEAN
FIERCE, UNPREDICTABLE, DANGEROUS, MAGNETIC, STRONG,
YET BEAUTIFULLY UNIQUE AND MELODIC IN ITS’ NATURE
TWO VASTLY DIFFERENT WORLDS THAT COLLIDED TOGETHER THRU FATE
YET REMAINED INTACT AND UNYIELDING
THEY ARE EACHOTHERS ROCK, CONFIDENT, AND SOUL COMFORTOR
STRUGGLING THROUGH THEIR DEMONS, TRUIMPS AND FAILURES,
LOVES AND LOSSES, LIFE AND DEATH
THE DYNAMICS OF THEIR FRIENDSHIP CONSTANTLY EVOLVING
CHANGING LIKE THE TIDES OF THE SEASONS: WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, FALL
EVOLVING INTO SOMETHING MORE SOLID, DEEPER, EVERLASTING
JOYFUL SMILES, WARM EMBRACES, INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS, GENTLE CARESSES, HEATED GLANCES
STOLEN MOMENTS IN TIME
BOUND TOGETHER BY A CONNECTION SO POWERFUL
GOING BEYOND WHAT THEY EVER DREAMED OR IMAGINED
A TRUE FRIENDSHIP EMERGES: TRUST, INTIMACY, LOYALTY, ADMIRATION, COURAGE,
COMPASSION, HONESTY, ACCEPTANCE, AFFECTION, LAUGHTER, TEARS,
WHILE UNSPOKEN WORDS AND FEELINGS ERUPT TO THE SURFACE: ATTRACTION, FLIRTATION,
CONFUSION, ANGST, LONGING, PASSION, FIRE, DESIRE, JEALOUSY, FEAR, ANGER, DENIAL, SADNESS,
FORGIVENESS AND ULTIMATELY LOVE
TWO FLAWED INDIVIDUALS COMING TOGETHER, BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN EACHOTHER
BLENDING THE LIGHT AND THE DARK
ENDING WITH THREE DIMIENSIONAL SHADES OF GREY
SEPARATELY THEY ARE TODD AND EVANGELING
COMBINED, THEY ARE OF ONE MIND, ONE HEART, ONE BODY, ONE SPIRIT
THEY ARE TANGELINE









Kenyetta E Haynes
© March 7, 2007