Category: warmth

• April 10, 2023

  Mash Up: Never The Same

  I look to youAnd the icy dreams of your warm embraceAching to feel the smooth contours of a chiseled faceYour presence is a sweet melody to me Reminding a lonely soul of treasured memoriesLet love swing from misty air like dandelion sporesJust one blow of cool breezeCould sweep all of my desires away But every…
• January 30, 2023

  Next Relationship: Part 2

  I am convincedTotally and utterly certainThat everybody wants to be special to somebodyTo look at someone with loving eyesAnd to see love staring back at you To feel the warmAnd giving natureOf an open palmPressing into the depths of a handDying to be held We dedicate books, sonnets, movies, Portraits, paintings, songs, shows of affectionTo…
• November 15, 2022

  My Awkward Truth: Hamburgers Please

  There is one thing I love more than anything. Nothing can compare. All day at any time I think of it. It is a constant feeling of relief to a troubled soul. In a world where being Black is difficult. People judge me before I speak. They walk in the grass to avoid sharing a…
• July 11, 2022

  A Thank You to My Readers

  I’m just gonna get it off my chest… My grandmother died last week. This is the third death I experienced in 10 months. First, my Father then my Auntie now this. So I stopped writing for a little over a week. I needed time to think. I needed time to take it all in. Ultimately,…
• June 18, 2022

  Much Needed Rest

  Take me to your island Where I can bask in the sweet sun Swing in the night breeze And frolic until my work is done Just breath easy No expectation for the anticipation Of conversation In truth, I want to rest Experience joy, peace and happiness No hurt in my voice No ache in my…
• May 27, 2022

  Grey Hills

  We look for the light Praying for the shine of an incandescent glow That flickers in the darkness of eternal night Then here comes the smoke… Like grey hills rolling over brick laced chimney tops It creates smog and gives off warmth Burning red logs on an orange inferno A fire set ablaze is reminiscent…
• March 5, 2022

  Honest Heart

  A drunken heart tells no lies. It speaks in thumps. It sighs and rests in-between beats. Keeping up with heavy moments. Staying instep with quickening feet. Pumping warm blood through cold veins. Moving against our lovers breast. We need to hear it, feel it. Pulsating through a willing chest to appreciate being alive. What’s the…
• March 2, 2022

  Love Again

  We can’t live forever Treasure our time together Sweet talk for days Kiss the blues away Allow glittering lights to shine Like dew dropping off emerald leaves In the spring time Walk on the warm, hot sand Let loose toes dig into fragmented glass It glitters like sunshine on the edge Of a new dream…
• February 18, 2022

  Punch Drunk Heart

  What does a punch drunk heart know about love? It feels without remorse It beats without a care Calm when your around Then on edge when your not there One minute up The next down A tryst comes Romance goes But the connection stays the same Bathing in the sunshine Soaking in the warmth of…