Love Poems

Crossing Boundaries

"It's almost time..."

Time, it’s trying my patience.I pace, I fret, choose my dress, paint my face, practice my smile.Time drags and skips simultaneously. How? One moment seconds grind insufferably, the next, whole hours have been greedily swallowed, erased from existence whilst I blinked.Not...

Oakland X Revisited

Black girl, brown girl, white girl…   A tattoo of rain on the window pane A military drum, fitting in its way You wouldn’t recognize me, Oakland Brass buttons and polished boots The eyes of a soldier Cold and hard...

Doubt

"Tell me; don't tell me"

Pecking, peckingAt my brainShe has a smile so pretty -Tapping, tappingIn my headI have to know: "who is she?"Searching, searchingOn the net -What is their connection?Scrolling, scrollingThrough the blogsTortured by the tension -Looking, lookingInstagramIs that his arm around her?Show me,...

Player

"The play's the thing . . ."

You’re so good at what you doThey just fall in love with youAll your words are so sincereEverything they want to hearYou read them like you would a scriptYou melt hearts by kissing lipsLoving tender ardent phrasesWarm sweet deep meaningful...

Giving Up

It is never going to happen.Believe it.It is not going to happen.Nope.How long are you going to yearn.You have wasted so much time.They don't care.They never really cared.They let you think they did,but they didn't. Never going to happen.You are standing...

I truly love you

I have said it so many times To others near and far Saying the words Not meaning them  Only playing their game No game has been played  When I was with you I meant every word I said  Heart pounding every...

Thrill kill

"You are my heaven and my hell"

You thrill me,You kill me.You plunge your knife deep into my heart,Every time you walk away, say goodbye and shut the door.Things are going greatUntil they fall apart again,And I find myself sitting in the dark with a drink in...

Become As One

"When our lives are done, may we leave together as one."

Knowing you are always theremakes my life seem complete.I feel so secure in your arms that I am afraid of nothing. That aura that I see surrounding yousooths my empty aching heart.It fills it full of love to overflowing,showing my...

Small Talk

I'm terrible at making small talk, the fumblings with introductions, the polite dance around countless casual conversations. It makes me nervous to merely graze the surface. I'm better one on one, whether on a silent walkthrough the cool spring night...