The Waking

You woke something up
in me
a simple conversation and
a light game of
black folk geography
determined our similar paths,
goals and dreams

You stimulated me
enthralled and enchanted this
imagination
The idea of you
so smooth
ambition so clear and pure

I wanted you
needed to know you, connect with you
drink in this new experience
feel my heart swell and
my mind spin

I longed for your presence
your essence
clung to the idea and the perfect beauty
of you