Post-Its of Love

helplessly yours;
I’m devoted to you after tasting your kiss;
truly, I’m lovingly yours with an eye on that elegance
kissing your smile and making my day;
please savor this while falling asleep;
I’m dreaming of you and missing your arms;
so, holding onto feelings that’s true as days are cherished;
my heart is never alone, you’re always on my mind;
is your heart on loan, it’s like drifting away;
dear, let’s bring back old memories with bliss
where with just your kiss I shiver through the body; 
choking on words and screaming for your mercy
I am your love and all
till the waters in the Ocean run dry 

Misconceptions

African boy,
he ain't got shoes except blues
works all day and hopes to play
like others in the sun  
with a face that's tan but
at the end of the day, when work is done
he ain't got anything but blues

yet, like a bird on a wire

like a drunk in a midnight choir
making a living out of black-land dirt
he has tried in ways to be free
like a bird out of a cage

like a fish on a hook

like a knight from an old fashioned book
like a baby stillborn
like a beast with his horns
no one reaches out for him

yet, like a beggar
leaning on a wooden crutch
like a soul hanging on a darkened door
he saved his ribbons for you
and got your bills when you don't own his ills

the African boy,

ain't got anything to lose  

when you watch him squirm

put him on a hook and you drop him in a brook

everything's gonna turn out just right,

tonight you'll see him fry fish

with his eyes dancing with the stars

Ever Since We Met

ever since we met
in every breath I take
your presence lingers
on the breast of my soul
and I feel the rhythm in my heart

in every dream of the night

your love stares at me
and with gentle smiles I hear you say
you’re the breeze in my dawn
the beam in my sunshine
and the colors in my rainbow

sometimes when I am lost

and I cling to the pillows I dream on
my soul swims in the deep streams of thought
suddenly, your love opens like petals of a sunflower
clothing me with your warm and tender love
let me say it, I’m blessed to be in love with you

ever since we met

I have listened to your soft splendor voice
heard your laughs rise into starlit heaven
they give me the power to love again

today as I journey on the streets of your heart
and dance on the breast of your mind
you are the one whose love
not even death will take from me

A Bouquet of Thoughts

 

to you, these flowers of inner thoughts l send
each one nurtured in my heart for you
since the day we met; their seeds were sown
now they look beautiful in the Moontide

where once was a desolate field
you sowed a treasure store of beauty of love
with every kind word and loving deed
you brought a tender touch and nurtured my beauty

so let me send these flowers of inner thoughts
promising never to let such a beauty die
lets endure the test of time; molding the joy we carry

weaving all into a symphony of poetic rhymes

At Crossroads

anytime the Sun rises
I wonder what the Day will bring

anytime I open my door

I know not what to expect
or whom I’ll meet
on this long road where no Heart
should beat alone

will it be the Drunk or the Bear

or the hand of gentle Breeze on my chest
to immerse me in passionate embrace 
or is it going to be
another long night
with my dreams tailored into nightmares

maybe, maybe not,

and hopefully not

A Night to Remember

last night
you made me go deep inside
the hidden places beyond eye spaces
you made me walk through the forest
to taste secret joys no one knows
you made me bathe in feelings only
known on wedding nights

do you remember anything about the night?

do you remember

the low genteel waltz across the corridors
the glee and whisperings from your lips
the spark of passion when I stood at the door
and on entering the soft secret chambers
the kiss sealed the embrace

do you still remember all that?

do you remember
how you made me dance

on the velvet platform
the twists and turns
and I wondered why
you kept under lock and key
this juicy berry for my taste only

do you remember

the emotions that flew
with the kisses under the Candlelights

it was a long night
where nothing happened except
knowing we both loved one another
warmly and until time comes, we will remember
the love between you and me

will live until time goes to sleep with us

 

Let Me Comfort Your Tears

 

if it’s love that can dry your tears
                  let me comfort your fears
if it’s love that can bring you a smile
                  let me make your life worth-while
if it’s love that can change your desert green
                  let me push away your pain
if it’s love that can make you fly
                  let me bring you to the sky
if it’s love that can bloom your heart like a rainbow
                  let me sing you a song that’s yellow
if it’s love that can break your loneliness
                  let my warmth fill your emptiness
if it’s love that can refresh your soul
                  let my presence make you feel complete
if it’s love that can bring a spark into your eyes
                  let me show you how the world is wonderful
with your love

A POEM FOR THE FAMILY: A Dedication

to you my daughters whose love I forever will sing
in the songs of silence

and to you, who gathers my tears and bury them
beneath the earth crust and rain joy each morn
on the desert fields of my agony
I sing these notes in memory of you

these are rhymes graciously strung with intent
than words that are scentless but ageless with love

they sing for you in a passion of dearness
and they come from a song-less tongue
who in the deepening of dawn awakes
with warm wild winter winds with a love
to sing you songs in silence and to celebrate
floods of dreams nursed for you

today the dreams are freed by storms
and the floodgates are loosened by desires
that the heart may pour out torrents of love
stored in the heart many seasons ago

come lets harvest dreams and drive
sleeping selves out of swarms and move
through grieves to joy-fields praising the Moon
who stood by a father’s dream till the sun arrived

AND I ASKED MYSELF WHY?

around me people are laughing and joking

but on my face there is no smile but a frown

and I asked myself why?

I never laugh anymore instead I cry,

but I never stopped to ask myself, "why"

I heard we live and die by the choices we make,

and there's only so little a person can take.

and I wondered why?

I live in a world where there's so much life around me

but I'm the only one without a smile and without love

sometimes I picture myself in a place I could be

and wish I’d go and sit on a garden to hear the birds sing

but life isn’t a crystal stair and wishes aren’t given

often I wonder why so much anger is wrapped around my heart,
squeezing my blood to faint and stop flowing delicately
just then tears drizzled down my cheeks
and I bite my soft lips and screamed

why me, why me, oh Lord!

my tears filled the pond in my palm

there was nothing to shelter me
I’ve seen the tall grasses concealing the creatures of land
but no one to feel the presence of my absence

and I asked myself if tomorrow will ever come

will it be pleasure or danger in my yard
and I looked into the sky and I saw the sun on the horizon
it was bright, rising slowly as if to say, it's a bright new day

GOOD NITE

 

 

between yesterday and today

there were dreams we shared,
but now it is time to pack away,
from the dreams with sadness and care

there will be smiles mixed with tears
whenever I come to think of you,
but that could be neatly folded in a corner
and made to rest in a box of memories

I remember how we wrapped our love
and always sealed it with tears as glue
we were like butterflies in the rose garden
but all that is now in a cage of sadness,
and locked up with tears of regrets

this morn I’ve gathered all the kisses we had
each wrapped with a sigh and a lost hope
I’ve placed them outside the door

and asked myself why you shattered our dreams

leaving behind an ever pain

but do not worry about anything

I’ve packed up the pieces of my heart,
wrapped it up tenderly and placed it next

to a distant smile away from every ache
I’ve closed every curtain and shut every door

and there’ll never be any tear for you to gather

 

good nite