Achieve, Little Girl

Go ahead, little girl
Blaze up the world
You can achieve the unlimited
Capable of dreams and imaginings
unthinkable to
generations past

Soar, little girl, soar
I see you and I know you
only self doubt and deception
can steal your love and being
stand in your way
only you can stop you

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Tell Me

Tell me,
what am I thinking?
Naw, you need to guess
give it a try

My brown skin
blushing, flooded warmth
by these forbidden thoughts
eyes sparkling and
dimples imprinted on
the slight smile,
responding to you

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Brotha, damn

I am so sorry
I know I shouldn't stare
but you caught me
fascinated
watching you
eat, move
dance, talk,
hustle
chill

Movements swaying and
swollen masculinity
dripping from you, creating
vapor and mist
I must enter your sphere
need to be encompassed by
your vibe

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My Best Friend

Remember when
we were just friends
discovery and laughter
intertwined enjoyment
you and me
youth and joy so
easy and simple

We existed on that
friendship realm,
teenage years expanding to
undergrad freedom
what's up and where you be
holla at me and get me back
playful and teasing
flirting and hugging
hoping and wishing

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I Wanna

I wanna
lay eyes on you
make contact
with you
have thoughts
of you
experience dreams
of you

I wanna
lay hands on you
feel touches
of you
inhale scent
of you
be close
to you

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Tell Me Yes

Wait. Hold up.
Are you telling me no?
Really. Did you
hear and comprehend what I said?

My offer has been extended
the body yearning to
concede to the
visions and images
spun wild by this
overambitious mind

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Fading Away

You're losing me
and you don't even notice
I am slipping
through your grasp
floating away
soaring to
a space of peace
of calm
reason

This realm
we occupy
places too many demands
too little rewards
so many expectations
so few indulgences

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As I Am

Dimensions of love
cover explored
and expanded
touch and go
light caresses a
subtle hint of
experiencing you

Here I am,
resistance faded
barriers removed
consciously deciding to
make this leap
take this jump
land squarely in
your world of discovery

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Ties That Bind

You left.

Looked in my face
hatred and spite
clear and transparent
startling and dangerous
mind resolved and
plan in effect
You walked out.

Comprehension was beyond me
around me
over my head, but I looked up
and missed it
So wrapped in love's enduring promises
sure that time spent and sacrifices made
were the ties that bind

There is no bond, no loyalty
in love or relationship

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Ponder

Why didn't you
want me?
Our paths crossed
so young
growth and friendship
so light and easy

I wasn't in your loop
not part of your social circle
dating me could have been hush hush
just to see if it was
what it was, but
you didn't want me

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The Choke Hold

My head keeps butting
against this brick wall
comfort unattainable
security inaccessible

I just can't break free.
Decisions made in the past
scar future hopes
tear apart set goals
clawing and ripping
shredding and decimating
dreams

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Waiting For You

I was waiting for you
you knew that I would
sit here and bide my time
until you arrived

I have no choice
addicted to your smell
your feel, your groove

It's like butter, baby
and I try not to melt but
the sound of your voice
hardens the sensitive and
softens the firm

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When I Die

Don't be so phony.

No, you treat me different
So caught up in the title
the belief of accomplishment
the scent of success

But, every glossy picture
contains a smudge
every success story
an undesirable backdrop

I refuse to get caught up
and dragged down
I won't place belief in
a superficial reality that
submits to emptiness and
creates loneliness

I am who I am

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I Saw You

I caught you staring today
again
not sure whether you're interested
or just curious
teasing or testing
either way, something keeps
drawing my eye to you

I saw you watching me today
I purposely found reasons
to slide past your station
ease by your desk
brush against your shoulder
Hoping you
enjoyed the view

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Please, Please

I'm in trouble.

Desire has
kicked down the
front door
marched boldly
into my heart
and settled in

Woman essence
emerging strong
reinvigorated and
overstimulated
curious and
undeniable

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Your Gift to Me

You deposited
calm in me
I can't think of
any other explanation

But there is a
certainty about you
sure, poised and reliable
steady and impenetrable
I needed to possess

Before I met you
every episode
made me frantic
grey hairs by
eight years of life
Alreadybetrayed
shaken at the core
terrified and
disappointed

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Say My Name

Lying here, together
calm and peaceful
lovemaking
exciting and fulfilling

I drink you in
taking a last deep breathe
of your lingering scent
before falling into a
deep sleep
with my man
fine, handsome
brown, dipped in warm caramel
melted by the sun
smoothed and stretched out
to perfection

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Double Speak

That's a diamond ring, right?

So, you just happened to
be, rollin' past
chillin'
coincidentally spotted me
pulled over to conversate
catch my vibe,
update yourself on my dating scene
then what?
get my opinion about
a diamond purchased in advance
for the right one, someday

Huh?

Please, for once
say what you mean and
mean what you say
truth be told
this is why
nightly visits to your apartment
were cancelled and terminated
lingerie returned to its temporary
resting place

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Date of My Birth - 9/11

The trauma began
long ago
on this
date of my birth

A day, then unrecognizable
insignificant and unrealized
a new life tore through
exposed to immediate pain
trauma
life shattering circumstance
belief altering experience

The first war
an exchange regarding
threat of life
a dying mother with
a 9lb 11oz baby girl in her womb
twisted the wrong way
dying and
killing her in the process

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Eyeing my man

My woman vibe
must be wearin' thin
transparent
out of sorts
confused
stretched out and
misshapen

Surely, the signal has
faded, disconnected
blurred and withered
apparently
without my knowledge

Static steadily
interrupting my mojo
distracting the feminine scent
ruining the continuous transmittal
of sexual desire
to for and about
my man

Somethin'. You betta have
some explanation for
rolling up in my joint
twirling hair and
hands on hips
eyeing
my man

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The Game

I had a little game to me
I must admit it
Cause I wasn't givin' up
off of nothin'
so, I could play all
I wanted

First Quarter

When I met you
I had no fear
your game, couldn't touch
my game
you serious
me playin'

Anyway, I heard
you had baby mama drama
too much information
too little time
only a summer to kill before
undergraduate dreams and
campus freedoms so
truth be told
I wasn't even feelin' you like that

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Lost Control

No listen
I gotta put an end to this
Please
just hear me
I have to say this

I must
push past this intensity
and gravitational longing
set my mind straight
because
there is no way
this can be right

I shouldn't know you
in this way but
cannot not know you
your being calls to me
every time you walk by and
my spirit longs for you
such that I
cannot make sense out of this confusion

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Them Eyes

Somehow, I forgot
about those eyes of yours

I stand here surprised and
taken back because
best I remembered
it was your smile that
lit up the hall and
planted a mark on my brain

So it's unthinkable that
those spheres
staring at me now
like golden nuggets
submerged in ancient earth
escaped my memory...................................................

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Make My Exit

Wonder what you are thinking
Sitting there
almond cool
impenetrable, as usual...............

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Just Friends

Man,
did I have a crush on you
Unbelievable
what I would have yielded
had you just said
the word

You were like
sweet honeydew and
lips so soft,
internal tremors
from your smile....................

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Seized Opportunity

Periods of my life
flash before my eyes
reminding me of
regrets
decision
missed opportunities

Failure to exercise
the instrument of faith
Out of touch
with the inner being

But some I seized
for the sake of escape
That free ride
up out of the artic circle
Hell yeah, I'll take that.................

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