A Girls LifeThe Song That Never Ends



Gaze into my eyes
Look within and see
All the songs of my life,
All the songs of me

Peel away each fragile layer
Expose my flesh and bone
Leaving just the essence
Of what Ive experienced alone

A Girls Life
My life
Is a song created just for me,
With words that I alone write,
My memoriesits melody

My joys
Are piano concertos,
My loves a lusty drum
My pain and lossa mournful cello
My hopes a clarinets wistful sing-song
My lessons pierce
Like the violins string
Soothing my ears, my hearts balm
Protecting me from Lifes sting
Providing focus and calm

Each trial or triumph
Completes my original symphony
I let the notes build into a crescendo
Before they wash over me

As God weaves the threads of Life
Bringing in and taking out
Hate, love, family, foe or friend
I see that from Hate, Love can arise
like a phoenix from the ashes
and from the soil of Despair,
a flower of Hope can bloom

I recognize that my song will also change
As I do
And how each song,
No matter how nectar-sweet or anguish-filled
Has a special message to send
And that no matter what life brings,
I must never stop singing
The story of my life, the song that never ends.


To You, With Love.

You have to leave again,
My body aches with the thought
being apart from you
is the slowest torture
and my spirit sheds inner tears
at being separated,
even though I am
eternally joined
with you in heart and mind

I love you and in the Desert of my Longing,
that is the milk and honey I thrive on
no matter what the day brings,
our love is my holy oasis,
it gives me all the joy, comfort and cleansing I need
until I can be in your arms again

There is no one like you,
and even though
I try to go about my daily routine,
I see you in all things
You lurk around my wistful thoughts
and Lifes every detail somehow resembles
A part of our life as one

You are a part of me,
The part I would never want to change
You bring out my best
and accept my worst

I could live without you,
but why would I choose
to condemn myself
to a hellish existence
Your absence penetrating each bone,
disintegrating my soul,
ashes to ashes am I
without you

I asked God, Let there be Light,
and He sent You
The Sun of My Universe
and there was darkness no more.

ShhhMy Love is Sleeping.

The pearlesque moonshine
breaks through the amethyst night,
lights up the wispy curtains
and showers silver rain
upon our drowsy faces

The Moon dangles like an ornament
in the sky
while I hear the crickets serenade us,
The falling raindrops provide the melody
of their bittersweet symphony
we nuzzle and cuddle, our bodies soothed

My silken legs entwine with your hair roughened ones
you rub my perfumed locks into your face,
your nose against my sweet, cinnamon spiced skin
you nibble and kiss before you breathe it in

I run my fingers against your jaw line
I sprinkle kisses along your eyebrows and your luscious lips,
my eyelashes tickle your earlobes,
my petal pink tongue flicks your nipple,
you sigh and hold me closer

I feel your hands
gently rub against the arch of my back,
down to my dimples,
around my ample buttocks and breasts,
you draw with your fingernail
along the inside of my thighs
I whisper into your ear
spend eternity with me

I love this time
this quiet time
where our passion infuses
everything around
We declare our love so freely, it spills from our lips
To you, my heart is bound

I love this time
this quiet time
where we lay in perfect slumber,
my creamy chocolate skin
melted and molded into your caramel one
The flickering candles cast shadows over us,
the heat of our bodies
keeps us warm during the winter dusk
and when our lovemaking
covers our bodies with dew,
I let my eyes wander and wander
all over you

I love to watch your chest rise and fall,
how your nostrils flare so rhythmically,
taking absolutely no effort at all
each night theres something new to see

I cant resist playing
with a lock of your hair,
Shhhdont stir
how deep you sleep, my Love
as sound as Cupid did
under Psyches gaze
I hope this moment will always last
as I contemplate our future
and give thanks for our past.

No Apologies

For those of you who dont know

Youre pretty for a dark-skinned girl
is like
You have nice legs for a fat bitch

You think I should be sorry
Because Im not light-bright
Well, the fact is
God dipped me in
Dark, double mocha
And got it just right.
Im choh-coh-lah-tay
From head to toe
Are you intimidatedbecause Im dark and I know?
Or because Im dark, I love it and I let it show?
Theres no way in hell
Youll turn me into Pecola
wishing for yellow hair and eyes of blue
because I know
what she never knew
that theres no greater beauty
than raven hair, blue-black skin and deep, dark cocoa eyes
full, luscious lips and thick hips
a beauty that will quickly have you mesmerized
but also
a beauty the world has ignored if not despised
So, now that weve gone there
Lets straighten up the issue of hair
Ive had it short because I wanted it that way
And Ive had it long so that you cant say
because Im dark, I have no hair
Listen honeywhether its short or long
Believe me, when I say
I never wear it wrong
And I love it
because its all mine
Naturally
I dont need a weave to complete me
And its damn good hair
because it belongs to me
So, really theres not much more to say
Im more than happy God made me this way
So save your light-bright, fake hair, lips and tits
Blond-blue Barbie bullshit
For some poor unfortunate fool
because youre wasting it on me
And dont hate
because Im double-dipped espresso, mocha-latte,
cherry chocolate, fudge-whipped,
Plum Black and Beautiful
Blackberry Dark and damn Delicious
No Ifs or Buts about it, honey
Stop making excuses.
You know Im fucking fine.
Period.