Shawn Collins

Hi, I'm Shawn Collins (from Belleville, IL--15 miles East of St. Louis, MO) and I'm gay as the "Bedtime Prayer" below should illustrate! I'm also single and looking! I love travel, scuba diving, movies, cooking, karaoke, and cuddling! (I'm very romantic)

Shawn Collins

April 17, 2005

Romance serves a purpose. It’s a meditative state. It puts logic to sleep so that people can come together. Otherwise, nobody would risk it. Eventually the illusion dies, but only so something much deeper can take place. Love is big. It’s a bright light in the universe. A bright light casts a big shadow. Real love is hard work! You have to decide if you want it in your “story” or…if you’d rather just stay in the dream.

The Bedtime Prayer

This makes it obvious that I'm gay!

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Don't be afraid that your life will end,

be afraid that it will never begin.

-anonymous-

Me in front of a "weed truck"/St. Louis auto show

January 28, 2007

This fully-functional fire truck (weed truck) was on display at The St. Louis 2007 Auto Show. It certainly caught your eye. The designer/builder, a former volunteer firefighter like myself, started this as a pet project. He got one sponsor, then another, and it ballooned. It was built from the ground up and took 5 years to complete. With all the emergency lights activated, it resembles a Christmas tree on wheels! LOL

Me working Security at Pridefest 25th Anniversary

I'm in the blue shorts; my bud has the yellow cap

MTV'S Campus Invasion at SUIC, April, 2006

Despite the fact that I have my arm around a girl, I'M STILL GAY! LOL

Me in the Bahamas

Hurricane coming!!!

In front of my house

Me jumping to dive a wreck

Gulf of Mexico

THOUGHTS TO PONDER

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO!"

A true friend is one who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened.

Guys are like stars: So many to choose from, but only one can make your dreams come true.

It's funny how the only one that can stop you from crying is the one that made you cry in the first place.

The bible contains 6 admonishments to homosexuals and 326 to heterosexuals. God loves heterosexuals, he just thinks they need more supervision.

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Seen as an epitaph. It struck me as so sweet and caring, I felt the need to share it:

"If tears could build a stairway,

and memories a lane,

I'd walk right up to heaven,

and bring you home again"

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My father asked if I I am gay. I asked, "Does it matter?" He said "No, not really." I said, "Yes." He said, "Get out of my life!" I guess it mattered.

My boss asked if I am gay. I asked, "Does it matter?" He said, "No, not really." I told him "Yes." He said "You're fired, faggot!" I guess it mattered.

My best friend asked if I am gay. I asked, "Does it matter?" He said "No, not really." "Yes." He said, "Don't call me your friend." I guess it mattered.

My lover asked, "Do you love me?" I asked, "Does it matter?" He said, "Yes." I told him "I love you."He said, "Let me hold you in my arms!" For the first time in MY life, something matters.

My God asked me "Do you love yourself?" I said, "Does it matter?" He said, "YES." I said, "How can I love myself? I am gay!" He said, "That is the way I made you." Nothing will ever matter again.

Thanks for dropping by and taking a look at my photos. Please get in touch with any comments or reactions!

You can find me on gay.com in the St. Louis room quite frequently!