I am Yours for Always.

Till we meet my heart waits,
beating with anticipation.
Your eyes captivate me,
drawing me deep in their dark depths,
showing me glimpses of the sweet soul inside.

One glance and I drown in your love,
swimming to the surface only with great strength and will.
Holding on for all I'm worth,
dreaming of the day I'm yours for always....

red, white blue pt.3

red, white, blue

part 3.

love is

red,

white,

blue

coloring

my heart

in red,

words in blue

and no white

the independence

that i gain

so much pride

of being

the voice in

this country, America

and look at

me

brown skin

wise poetic soul

i am not an

American butterfly

or a star spangle bird

i am free

the blood of goodness

and i will rise

like fireworks

this red

this white

this blue

not just the flag

in the breeze

just me

holding my pride

in my hands

and

say,

"happy 4^th"

~

©2008 Kai C.

Getting Over...You

Trying to run from these feelings
Slip slide duck and hide away
But they are all around me
Beating me on the head
Hitting me in my back
Knocking the sh*t out of me
I know I look tough
But Man I'm tired
My breath is leaving me
I'm so exhausted
It hurts to breathe
Someone get me some help
Please...
Someone
Help
Me...

Madness

Going through emotions
So big
I want
To cry
Scream
Have magical powers
And bring my friend
Back
Senseless murder
Lives changed forever
I look
Down the street
See his empty home
Further down
I see his body
Laying there lifeless
I wanted to run
Shake him
Say
Get UP!
God knows better
All I can do is
Pray
Remember
Cry
Until
I heal.

RIP E.
© 2008 Shai Lynn K. Davis

Haiku for Robert Mugabe

That man on the subway cheers Mugabe
He also wears an R Kelly t-shirt
Mugabe was once a good man

little girl's face3-27-08

little girl's face

 

i have a little girl's face

flat cheeks

bone structures

like straight oval

but i am still a woman

to your eyes

look at me

those dark brown eyes

never lie

and you think, you said i am beautiful

oh my little babyface

i never

wore make up

only a smile

a twinkle in my eye

and the cuteness is written

all over me

 

©2008 Kai C.

BUT STILL...

Of course I knew that sooner or later you’d call.
I was simply hoping that just this once, your need for me
might show up faster than your want for me.

Oh I know, “there I go again, tripping off of things that don’t matter”.

But still,

I can’t seem to help it.
I imagine a world in which the unimaginable is the reality.
A world in which I am needed in your world, not just wanted.
A world where I am necessary, a requirement, the cog without which the machinery that is you can’t function.

Oh I know, “Being wanted is a great thing!”

but still,

the thought of being an integral part of your program,
of playing a role so critical the show can’t work in my absence,
of being the opinion without which your thoughts simply can’t be sorted…
Hypnotizes me and creates this chasm between happiness over being wanted by you
and despair over my lack of necessity in your world.

AND, that keeps us so far apart.

Oh I know all this, but still…


© Sharon J. All Rights Reserved 2008

Paul Robeson Juneteenth event...

This Friday in DC: see www.natturnersrevenge.blogspot.com

No Virgin

I've posted this on my personal blog - thought I'd share here;-).

I'm no Virgin...
but I've never been explored...

I am virgin territories of unexplored depths.

I've been touched.
But, rarely connected.

I've been held.
But, rarely sheltered.

I've been in conversations.
But, rarely conferred with.

I've been looked at.
But, rarely looked into.

I've been listened to.
But, rarely heard.

I've been kissed.
But, rarely distinguished.

I've danced with.
But, rarely worked through steps.

I've partied with.
But, rarely been party to the collaboration of committed partnership.

And Now,
I am being regenerated
By The Creator ... for the Brother
... who I will fight for...not with.
... who will be the first... to be my last.

C.A. Paige©April 2007

A Haiku for Chicago

R Kelly is free yet is not my poet
Hearts are too often swayed and fooled
My heart bleeds for St. Sabina's Catholic Church.

Father's day

Father's Day

dads

time to celebrates

the dads

cos they are the

special father figures

in our lives

dads, daddys, pops, papa,

grandpas, great granddads

they are all wonderful ones

they let us grow

strengthens us

worry us

protects us (especially their daughters)

loving us

Dads even stepdads, godfathers

who are the role models

to the good, good souls

good little souls

may bless these men who

enter our lives

may bless them who raise us up high

who walked their daughters down

the aisle to their future husbands

who taught their young sons how to

be a REAL MAN

may bless them all

Great dads

awesome dads

wonderful loving dads

and we must celebrates

this beautiful sweet day

to honor

our own fathers

in the

world

may bless them all!

~

©2008 Kai C.

Empty

I loved you
Still do
Fought with you
For you
Yet you needed space
Leaving me feeling displaced
But God has been here to replace
What you decided you could no longer give