*blush*

As I

Feel

A heat

A drive

A pull

I panic

As I feel less

Control

Eyes wide

Lips trembling

A quiver

D

O

W

N

Senses awakened

As I’m taken

By your

Scent

Touch

My heart throbs

Your lips rob me of my sanity

A hand swiftly clutches the back of your neck

Crushing you to me

Bodies intertwined

Seeking

The parts that fit so thick

Insatiable, but satisfied

Gasping and reveling in that suffocation

...the sweetest pain

Love sustained...

I can see you clearly in my mind

You see straight through to my soul

I enjoy all the sensations you bring to me

Your life, love, friendship I’ve been blessed with

Sad most women don’t always get all three

We share what is unique

But should have a sense of normalcy

The shared glances, loving touch

How we gravitate toward each other, when ever we’re together

All the enviable, rare evidences of love

It’s regular to us

So sad the cynics who say it won’t always feel this way

The foundation we’ve built cultivates and refreshes

You have the ability to make me glow, my heart falters

So long as we know it, the world’s loss is our gain

Love clearly reigns

Lost...newly found

How did you get here
where did I go
I thought I knew me...
and now, I don't know
to live a lifetime
by another's words alone
holds the terror of a different hell
and yet I look back again
wondering if I should have been
still there, near where
the comfort of direction
no chance of introspection
just direction
follow
go
no
don't
solace in the following
so strenuous to lead
and it's easier said than done
to close those wounds that bleed
seeping, soaking, tearing my heart
but transition is better
for me, for us all
no one wants to see
what may have ruined it all...

Strength...

Unequivocally possessed

Indubitably mine

Against each other no defense

Behind enemy lines

A war of strength and power

Neither can concede

Perpetually on the brink of surrender

Hearts on our sleeves...

The clash of the Titans

The strength of our love is unparalleled

None could stand in its wake

Fiercely protected, defended...cemented

In its rapture fully unrepentant

Racism...prejudice...loneliness

You know they say it's possible
To be in a crowded room
Yet feel alone
You ever had to be the one
In a room of many?
Ever felt your smile droop a little
Eyes go tight with confusion
As you choose...decide
The reason why they
Wouldn't smile back, greet you
Look you in your eye?
Is it our fault
The only reference we have
Is the negative imprints of
Others racial handicaps?
To throw out inhibitions
Chuckle at the "black joke"
Not knowing if it's mocking
Or you just trying to fit in?
Well how about just being my friend?
how about you smiling, shaking my hand
Talking about the latest news
Instead of focusing on racial views
You say we make everything a race issue
But how can we see beyond you
To the meaning underneath
The sudden language change
Conversations wane
Realizing you're trying to relate...
I'm black, not alien!
I want to scream
But I sigh...crooked smile
Guess we'll try again tomorrow
To be lonely in a crowded room
Is the most cruel of sorrows...