poetry – Page 124

Should

I should give you up
But I don’t want to
Can you blame me?

It would be cheaper if I do
Let go of something I don’t need
Will you forgive me?

I wake up and you’re there
Before bed I’m aware of you
Would you miss me?

I wonder if you’ll realize
That I’m gone

I see you in every color
It’s almost been a year
Since we took off

I know I’ll miss you
A slave to your delight
Morning noon and night
Is it all right
If I replace you?

We have been through this all before
But not in the same way
This is different now
So wait…

I guess it’s not the same

Creating space here
Doesn’t mean that we should end
Entirely

But what we could find out
Is you are better off without

Here comes a break for you and I
I won’t be angry if you cry
Please don’t be mad
We are connected
Even with space

Between us
You will see

Now is the time to pass the torch
To someone you will find
More worthy

Someone who can appreciate
The recreation you provide
Deep down inside
Decisions made
With a new breath

And you will rest
In hands of others
Playful means

You

I guess I’m in love
With you
Even though you
Can’t love me
Completely
You love me
Enough

To be close to you
To touch you
To dream about
What it looks like
Underneath
There

So free
When you walk in
The room you
Light it up
You light
Me up

Tomorrow doesn’t matter
Yesterday is gone
Every moment of
Today is like
When will you
Call next

Thoughtful
You remember the last thing

Your voice
Deep and low
Soothing
My feelings
Open
Willing
Anything will do
Starving a bit
So that’s not on you
That’s on me

But you…

I will never
Forget about
You

After Awhile

Why am I thinking about you
Even though we just met?

It was probably the smile
On your face in the moment I left

You like my music as
I’m cruising up
You like my interest
in your origin?

If I’m attracted to you
Would this be a sin?

Am I against your religion
Or do I hit the mark?

Is it the gleam in my eyes
Or the beam on my face?

Did I catch you off guard
Pumping gas in my car?

Or was it the flirting between us
As you stood at my door

I’m not afraid to get out
Stand beside you say hi

I said I need a guide
You thought I said a guy

Ya I’m into you
And you can play dumb

But I’ll be direct
If I think you’re the one

You say you don’t understand me
But you sure know how to smile

See you next time perhaps
After awhile

Recall

Why do we love
The wrong one

How long does it take
To learn that the sun
Shines in the eyes
Of the unexpected

No matter how much we cry
This will not bring the love
Of someone who does not
Love in return

Even with yearning to die

Wait for the light
Of the right one

The fire that burns
In a destiny
Swollen with opportunity
Arrives without force
Running a course
Just for you

Friendship will
Promise this
Two

Believing beyond
Where this is
Reigns a generous
Wind carried off
With a kiss
To one day
Reminisce

And remind you

When the time to recall
Of what once did befall
A true reason for love
Will enthrall you

Femme

I see a woman who
Cannot take the undoing
And so she abandons
Her heavenly post
Still yet

There is a paradox
That is you
Both impulsive
And systematic
But most of all
Cheerful

And loving

I see a woman
That is dangerously
Caring in the most beautiful way

And yet

Like an orchestra
She plays
The brightest heartbeat
Of a powerful
Instrument
Herself

Her sleep
Is like an angel
Her open eyes hold
The light of the Multiverse

Her
Vulnerable waves
Like the ocean
Like her hair
Embrace you in a way
That nothing else would ever dare

Is she a spirit guide
A flight attendant
To the astral world?

Her laughter is infectious
There is an electricity rediscovered
In myself when she
Visits

Her pier has no code
She comes and she goes

Her home is unknown

She is
A conductor of hope
Composer to confidence
That reassures me to
Ascend

Direct my
Body and
Connect me
You are welcome
To my dreams

You are a woman
That has seen more than I’ve seen
You are a woman
That knows more than I know

Dressed in white
Extraordinarily
Her sound

Dhvani kee tarang

Remarkable
Profound

I hear her voice
Echoing behind me
Like a familiar
Memory

One More Day

I don’t feel rushed to say hello
I don’t feel rushed to say goodbye
I don’t feel rushed in any way
I really want to take my time

One more hug
One more kiss
One more chance
To grant this wish

Fulfill this moment with your sweet
Fragrant delicious existence
Climb my mountain
Raid my caves
Explore mysterious terrain
The artifacts inside my head
Will open up to your refuge
I’ll serve you tea
I’ll make you food
Calm your demons
Soothe your mood

Emerging in your eden
Gardening your tender soil
Wipe your tears
Hold your heart
Excavate your every part

To be your clouds
To fill your sky
Offer a safe haven at night
Rest in my arms
Knowing I’m there
When you awake
From your slumber

Breakfast in bed
I’ll kiss your head
Massage your fears and cares away
Don’t hurry off
Why don’t you stay
Another hour
One more day

Strength

Giving up is not an option
When you want the things you want
But if the pieces just won’t fit
You will prevent what’s meant to come

Holding on as tight as possible
May show your strength indeed
But letting go may be the kind of
Strength you actually need

The Happy Couple

Go away from the pain but you can’t
Because it’s living inside and
All around every part of you
Trying to be loved deeply
Trying to be considered
Met with a feeling
That barely
Scratches

The surface of who we are as a couple
Relies on our ability to touch one
Another with our words and
When the words you speak
Leave me out of our
Equation because
You’re so busy
Making us
Believe

The truth is something that it’s not
Something you’ve made up for
Us to argue about and I don’t
Have anything left to fight
With I just want to be
Capable of enjoying
My day and I
Can’t even
Do that

With you asking me to answer questions
About yourself that you already know
The answers to, what is this?
Your attempt to make me
Lie to you so you don’t
Have to know the truth
Because the truth
Would set us free
But only if you
Accept what
It means

A Toast

The happy martyr climbs through
Vines of emotional turmoil
Overjoyed by humble grace
Awakening the ability
To remind myself

I’m not perfect

Releasing the pressure that builds
Keeping up with everything that
Requires me to be incapable of
Making mistakes
Dissipates

And now a toast to all the
Accidents that happen so that we can

Reevaluate who we are and
What our true meaning
Longs to be received as

I am the happy martyr that will not
Hold what I don’t know against myself
I learn from you and you learn
From me

Eternity is the gown
We wear together

This Dance

Why do I only want
To dance with you?

I dance for you
As if morning will never come
I dance for you
As if you are the only one

My feet move toward you
In a way that my body
Can’t say no
Like a servant to your essence
The conga of your heart
Is beating in my soul
My excitement
Can’t resist
What is this?

The drums are like earthquakes
Between us
The rhumba and rhythm
Completes us
Your smile rocks the floor
Of my reason
Your scent is a sexual
Teasing

The ballroom is calling
A concert of falling
Stars all reflect in your hair
And your eyes have a
Sensual stare
This brings lust to
My nose from my head
To my toes
I am yours to request
And to kiss
What is this?

A breakdance romance
A dance hall of fate
A Bollywood state
A kismet flamenco
Aphrodisiac tango
A disco of bliss
A sensual itch
I can’t figure it out
What is this?

I dance because dancing relieves
All the feelings
I’ve conjured about you
In this dance hall of thirst
You’re my weakness
My curse
A retreat for my pulse
A passionate
Handsome distraction

Dancing sets free
Sizzling heat
Within me
Soothes my appetite for
Always wanting you more
These erotic emotions
Enflamed
Deep inside
What cannot be
Contained

You’re exquisite