To The One Riding Shotgun
What describes this super intense
Longing, aching, rumbling feeling
Can’t quite concentrate on anything without any meaning
Except on how to keep our boat from reeling
And how your body is the fruit that I see myself peeling
How my spirit is searing
With the passion of an electrified charge
How your protons push my buttons
Particles strum chords across my heart, and
it [...]
There Are Always Haters
We were on a long walk in the park
in late August
The lake water shimmered against the sun’s gaze
fall was upon us
And I stopped to lean against a tree
It was the farthest one I could find
You leaned against me and a passerby said something like,
“It won’t last ladies” as if there was something we were hiding
When [...]
How’s Life Cheating You
Two years in review and much has changed
Opportunities arise on a daily base
And still I put myself out there
Unafraid to take blame
Of my past indiscretions
And the danger I faced
When I came clean about cheating
I’ll never forget the day
Drove over to my mistresses place
I had a lot to say
When I got to the door I heard the music escaping
The [...]
The Darkness Surrounding the Light of Day
It was surreal to be honest
Of the vast desolate silence in the house
The only noises felt were within rays
Streaming in from above
Shining in through the skylight window you so love
So much for camping and road trips and festivals to come
Oh Clark Street – you must have known this was our summer
What our plans consisted of
And [...]
The Transformation of Lives
How is it
That in such a short time
You have produced a fear
That has crippled our stride
As I watched my baby’s face succumb
To news neither of us were expecting
We became numb
Breast cancer
the diagnosis
It was confirmed to us
It had dug in its trenches
Tracked footprints across
Our hearts, beating away
Never detached for naught
As we prayed for an answer
I felt [...]
Heart Inscribed
I love the feeling
of you wrapped into me
Intricately, night after night we seam
So connected that we’re threaded
And it’s not only in our dreams
We contest what needs professing
And take each other to extremes
Having never explored the other
Do you remember when we
Frolicked and played amidst disorder
Learning one another intimately
Wondering how your needs so easily became
My spirit’s feed for [...]
Your Sexy Intellect
I always noticed you
My initial feeling was that you were dope
I loved how your thoughts processed
And how you played it like your were so… shy
I especially like it when
You casually bite your lip
While side eyeing something I just said
And all I probably want
Is to be in between both of them
I like how you just showed up
Out of the blue [...]
A Poem to Self
My healed black ego
Hides well under the scars
Placed carefully within
Misshapen bouts of depression
Can’t think clear enough
Through the emotional discarding
Of those well-sung lullabies
I used to sing myself at night
Flying through the open window
Out of a heavily burdened mind
Makes me thank God
For how feminine love makes me
Feels so free to alleviate
Any discord that plagues me
Like how the daily motions
of dallying in masculinity
Cause others to abhor
As [...]
I Want You
Let’s cut through the lyrical romance.
I’ve wined and dined, you know what comes next.
Do we satisfy the ultimate longing.
Or do what they do in the songs and tap dance.
I’d much rather hear you sing your heart out.
As I calmly eat my heart out.
Removing the angel wings from a good girl.
As I further wrap you up [...]
Love Is Imperfect Perfection
My love runs through
Broken hearts and altered souls
Exalted love was made impure
While walking paths that no bound knows
Whispering nothings sweet and minced
Empty proclamation’s dispensed
Yet still hearts deeply embedded within
Permanently encased within a permanence
A familiar feeling I became acquainted with
So while lust and desire took a hold our gift
You held on to promises made
Without pretense
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We endured the pain of turning black our past
And began anew with a surreptitious glance
We conjured replies
Monitored screens of text
When our thoughts found a room
There they privately [...]
