Do You Believe in Lust at First Sight?

An animal.
Endowed with unspeakable knowledge.
Nonetheless, a creature.

Instinct.
It may know a lot of things
but two things it Can Be Sure Of:
to Survive
and to Reproduce.

Savage.
Fight,
fight,
until surrender
or death
for what it found
First.

Are mating partners really meant to be
life partners?

I saw you.
And then..
I saw You.
And then..
You opened up the door of your soul
just a peek
and I got a glance of YOU.

And then I laid with
you.
And then I told myself that I
loved
YOU,
and that I wanted to
be
with
You,
but in actuality,
I
just
wanted
you.

So of course I would
lie in your arms every night
and fill you with
sweet kisses and
soft lullabies
just
so
that
I
Knew…

That you would keep giving me that lovin’
that
shameful way
that you do.

You.

From the moment you caught my eye
I knew in the forefront of my mind
that you
were
mine.

Would I ever give you up?
Not a chance in this life..
You are
one-of-a-kind,
perfection of time,
a diamond in the rut,
my one true find;
You
are
mine.

Because I found you first.

So I’ll spell it out for you.
I
LOVE
YOU.

L
O
V
E

It means
Living On the Very Edge
Hanging by a thread
Knowing that as long as I can keep it good
I know you’ll always be in my bed.

So I
swing my hips
in tune with the plan
that I know as long as I can
keep my hands in your pants
you’ll ALWAYS be my man.

So I
kiss you every night
and tell you I Love You
Just like I should…

But when our parting days have come
All I can say is that
the sex
was good.

The Prayer

Well hey there old man
It’s been quite a while
I haven’t tugged your tail recently
Or coaxed you for a smile

But I need a small favor
Please, just a simple request
I need you to touch the heart of another
And love him at your best

I mean, I know you can do it
I’ve experienced it first hand
The gentle passion of your touch
The tender care in your sweet plan

But this dear friend of mine
Has had it kinda rough
He’s been shown merely artificial
So he finds it hard to trust

And now he’s in a predicament
And little ol’ me can’t get him out of it
So I just need you to spread your perfect wings
And caress him in just the way
That you see to be fit

For only you can truly understand
The broken sorrows of his heart
And only you can stretch forth your hand
To fix the pieces that fell apart

Yes I’m praying for his mind
Please reach into his thoughts
Caress the gentle corners of his cheeks
When he feels his words are at a loss

Show him the meaning of happiness
Can only be found within
Oh, how I remember those crying nights
Of searching again and again

Because we’re looking for love in all the wrong places
And desiring what we simply cannot have
Please my dearest Father
Show his heart a more worthy path

Guide his feet with unmistakeable light
Order his steps in the most perfect line
Grace his heart with a joy like none other
Open the eyes of his sorrowed mind

Yes indeed, I say this prayer
For I remember once when it was me
At the alter I laid and cried
Not knowing where else to be

But from that very day forward
I knew it contently within my soul
That your love is everlasting
And that your hand has all control

And that happiness abides
On the gentle wings of the butterfly
Allow it to flutter across your mind
And your soul will never cry.

That is my prayer.
I say in that sweet heavenly name
For I know that you are with him
Even when I am not

Amen, and Amen again.

Wake Up

Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
Find me by the sleeping clock
Time you slyly drift away
Slipping through my hands of clay

Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
Dreaming of the frozen clock
Standing still in fields of gold
Holding hands of young and old

Kisses of the angel sent
Love is Cupid’s vengeance spent
Shot my heart and knocked me dead
Your touch has woke me up again

Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
Time is but a theory sought
Lie with me through night and day
Wake up again and find your way

Real is but a fantasy
My dreams are my reality
My heart it reaches out for thee
My love is right in front of me

…..

Where did you go again?
I looked back and I found the wind…
It shook me on the ground I stand
It rocked me in its condolence

Where did you go again?
You’ve up and left me
What a friend
You walked right through my sanity
I should have known your vanity

…..

Tap
Tap, Tap
Tap, Tap
Tap, Tap

Tap
Tap, Tap
Tap, Tap
Tap, Tap

Caught up in a dream…
Caught up in a dream…
Searching for
Something more
Something not to be

Caught up in a dream…
Caught up in a dream…
Open your eyes
From my disguise

Wait.

Is that you lying next to me?

Wake up.

Love Again

Black roses
Tarred across the sunset
Oh how I wish to remember
Oh how you make me forget

About the pain of a long, lost lover
Destitute
Broken
Never to recover

But all that doesn’t matter now
No, not today
The endless pain has begun to cease

How do you make me feel this way?

I never thought I’d love again
To open my heart and feel again

Where did you come from?
How did you get here?
Why aren’t you like those other men?
Why don’t you yell and scream and tear me down?
Raise your fist and stomp around?

I mean, that’s what the rest did…

Man of my skin
Bone of my flesh

How is your kiss so sweet
And your touch so fresh?

How is your grip so firm
Yet tender in plight?

How your love is so real
Like day in the night…

You’ve opened my eyes
You brown-skinned beauty
Careful is your journey
Faithful in your duty

How you’ve held me when I cried
In the nights of pouring rain
You’ve taught me how to love
How to love again

Man of my skin
Bone of my flesh

How is your love so sweet
And your touch so fresh?

Why aren’t you like those other men?
Violent, cruel, virulent…

They told me to stay away
From those of your kind
All you’ll ever do is get out of line

Black Love does not exist
A fallacy
A myth

Well today they stand corrected
I am the witness.

I stand before you with a claim
That all Black men are not the same
He is a perfect example
For he has taught me to love again.

The Unkown

My pride and shame
My joy and pain
My sweet and sunshine
My pouring rain

My holy water
My under grail
To you I salute
From you I sail

I share my heart
And cry my sorrow
My piece today
No peace tomorrow

You hold me close
You let me go
For you I dream
For you I know

For this is here
My last goodbye
Oh how sweet
That lullaby

And when you see me
Please feel no pain
For my love is here
And I’ll love again.