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This poem on marriage was first
debuted at the Black Marriage Day
Dinner
March 24, 2007
IT WAS GOOD
SEEING YOU TODAY
I FELT MY
HEART JUMP THROUGH MY SLEEVE
WHEN YOU HELD
ME TIGHTLY TO YOUR CHEST
I WAS ALMOST
UNABLE TO BREATHE
SEE YOU TAKE
AWAY MY BREATH WITH EVERY INHALE AND
EXHALE
AND WHEN YOU
WALK ALONG MY PATH
I WISH MY DAYS
WOULD BE CUT IN HALF SO THAT THERE
WOULD BE
LESS TIME
BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT TIME I SEE
YOU AGAIN
OR THE NEXT
TIME YOU GRAB MY HAND
OR GRAB MY
CHAIR FOR ME
OR MAYBE JUST
THE NEXT TIME YOU GRAB ME IN MY
DREAMS
SEE I'VE NEVER
TOLD YOU HOW YOUR SCENT HYPNOTIZES
ME
OR HOW I
VISUALIZE THAT ONE DAY, WE'LL BE
BUT, DON'T GET
ME WRONG, I DON'T LUST FOR YOU, I
TRUST IN YOU
AND MAYBE I
LONG FOR YOU
LONG FOR LONG
DAYS TOGETHER AND LONG WALKS IN ANY
WEATHER
LONG
CONVERSATIONS AND LONG WEEKEND
VACATIONS
BUT, SHORT
DISPUTES
TO TELL YOU
THE TRUTH, I HOPE WE NEVER ARGUE
AND I'LL
ALWAYS BE INTERESTED IN WHAT MEANS
THE WORLD TO YOU
AND I PROMISE
TO COOK FOR YOU
BUT, I NEED
YOU TO FEED MY SOUL, AND YES, JUST A
TAD BIT MY EGO
BECAUSE I WANT
TO KNOW YOU FIND ME ATTRACTIVE
AS BEAUTIFUL
AS I THINK YOU ARE. . .NOT JUST ON
THE INTERIOR BUT, THE EXTERIOR TOO
AND I DON'T
WANT TO BE CALLED YOUR BOO EVER, I
WANT TO BE CALLED YOUR FOREVER
SO, THAT NO
OTHER NAME EVEN MAKES SENSE TO YOU
I WANT TO ROLL
OVER EVERY SINGLE DAY AND COME HOME
EVERY SINGLE AFTERNOON
RIGHT BEFORE
OR AFTER YOU, AND KNOW THAT YOU'LL
BE THERE
SITTING ON THE
EDGE OF THE BED OR IN YOUR FAVORITE
CHAIR
FULLY DRESSED
OR IN YOUR UNDERWEAR, IT DOESN'T
MATTER
I JUST NEED TO
KNOW, THAT THE BUTTERFLIES THAT I
FEEL IN MY STOMACH FOR YOU RIGHT NOW
ARE MUTUAL
AND THE SMILE
THAT YOU GIVE ME THAT MESMERIZES ME
IS INVITING ME TO KNOW YOU BETTER
AND MAYBE
YOU'RE THINKING SHE'LL COME OVER AND
BE WITH ME IF I LET HER
BUT, INSTEAD
WE'RE BOTH SILENT, HEARTS ARE
POUNDING, CHEMISTRY MIXING BUT WE'RE
DEFIANT
BUT, HOW LONG
CAN WE HIDE IT
HOW MANY DAYS
CAN I WALK PAST YOU, NOD AT YOU AND
WISH YOU WELL
BUT, FAIL TO
TELL YOU THAT I NEED YOU TO SEE ME
FOR MORE
I WON'T RUSH
IT BECAUSE, HONESTLY THE INTENSITY
THAT I FEEL WHEN WE SHARE THE SAME
SPACE IS WORTH
THE WAIT
BUT, I'M
REALLY NOT SURE HOW LONG I CAN WAIT
SO I'LL PRAY OVER IT
BECAUSE THE
MAN THAT I WANT TO SHARE MY LIFE
WITH MUST KNOW HOW TO GET DOWN ON
HIS KNEES
NOT JUST TO
PLEASE BUT TO SAY PLEASE AND THANK
YOU
TO MY LORD AND
SAVIOR
BECAUSE A MAN
WHO DOESN'T FEAR GOD CAN'T BE SCARED
ENOUGH TO TREAT ME RIGHT
SO WITH THAT
THOUGHT I'M BENIGHTED TO TAKE MY
TIME AND LET GOD SEND YOU TO ME
IF THAT’S HOW
IT SHALL BE
SO, UNTIL THAT
TIMES COMES IF EVER, I'LL BE HERE,
LETTING YOU PULL OUT MY CHAIR
HUG ME IN
PASSING AND COMPLIMENT MY STYLE
ALL THE WHILE
WE BOTH SMILE WITHOUT SAYING A WORD
WHILE I RELY
ON THE WORD TO GUIDE ME
AND I'LL KEEP
MY EMOTIONS FOR YOU IN HIDING
WHERE THEY
SHOULD BE, IF I EVER WISH TO MAKE
WHAT WE'D BECOME AN ETERNITY
YOU SEE I'M
PAST THE POINT OF TEMPORARY, AND IT
WOULD BE INSANITY TO THINK
THAT YOU COULD
READ MY MIND BUT, SOMETIMES I HOPE
YOU DO
AND THAT
YOU'RE PRAYING THE SAME THINGS, I'M
PRAYING TOO
SO, JUST IN
CASE, MY PRAYER IS JUST A LITTLE BIT
LONGER
AND MY SMILE
TO YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT WARMER
SO, UNTIL THE
NEXT TIME WE MEET OR SPEAK I'LL
ENJOY MY PATIENCE
BECAUSE
ANYTHING OF VALUE IS WORTH WAITING
WELL, IT’S
GETTING LATE SO I'LL LAY THIS POEM
TO BED
UNTIL TOMORROW
WE BOTH ENTER THE ROOM AND THESE
EMOTIONS START ALL OVER AGAIN
Copyright reserved to
Tawana Petty,
2007
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