Self Portrait

Unpredictable and volatile-- morose and quiet one moment, he is laughing heartily just after a while at whatever excited his mirth, his high thin loud laugh strange from a person with a grave mien. He would often be in deep thought, as if engaged in contemplation of a philosophical question. You’d think he is not given to humor, but know him well and you will divine he is not averse to jests even at his expense. You would view it with some misgiving he delights in fairy tales, children’s books, toys, movies with superheroes or fantasy themes, colors, flowers, and childish games, but perhaps you would forgive him for through circumstances not of his own doing childhood had somehow skipped him.