R.E.S.P.E.C.T

What am I to say
From a colored woman's prospective today
With my Brown skin
Dark eyes
Thrifty dreams
African American eyes

Feels like a hot breeze from Congo
Blowing my way
With echoes from the mountains
And whispers
Whispers
Manipulating my soul
To dance and sing
And listen to the drummers

Listen
Shhhhhhhhhhh

They are speaking to me
Can't you hear?

Sending a message out to us sista's
Us women of color
Us women of glory
And eternal everlasting

My ancestors look at us in discuss
With our chemical treated hair
Body exposed like we don't care

And my back pressed up against the wall
With my belly sticking out
And my tears that stained my cheek
And my intelligence turned weak

Us colored women today, yes us colored women today

What's next, they cut off the welfare checks
What's new, sistas looking for something to do?
And who's to say, we still gonna make more baba's

Won't even give us a job
Cause we belong to that African tribe

Won't even love and respect our brother
Cause we all have the dark skin color

Don't color me black; don't call me a lady,
Don't offer me fine wine, or a ride in your Mercedes

Don't give me your heart, or your passionate love campaign
Don't give me some other sister, worry to gain

Just give me truth, something pure and clean
Just give me respect like an African queen

I'm Afraid

I'm afraid of the future and all it may bring;
Yet I cry over the past and all it held.
Life is a voyage
Trapped in the uncertainty of today
With only the healing of our tears for comfort.

To admit need is to give into weakness
Yet not to approach love is to run from a challenge...
Such is life, for we can neither be winners nor losers -
We are stuck in a void
Due to the allowing of ourselves to be controlled
By the actions of others;
And often as not those actions
And our desires
Were not predestined to be the same
And we are left alone and lonely...

So, we must consider loneliness
As being the ultimate opportunity
To listen to the inner self...
And listen we must
To find the ability to look within
For the answers that plague the soul --

For in all adversities
All we really can depend on
Is that which we started with --
Ourselves…

New Life

I've been sitting around this life for years,
Not enough laughs and too many tears.
Trying to figure out where it all went,
These wasted years that I have spent.

Searching for something to go beyond,
Life's a stone skipping across a pond.
At the last skip, it hits with a splash,
Down the stone sinks, gone in a flash.

Pushing and pulling, it's tearing apart,
Poking and prodding an underused heart.
This dark velvet curtain that hides my soul,
Living this life has taken it's toll.

In a flash of bright light, the curtain is torn,
Tumbling down all tattered and worn.
Revealing new life, a child within,
Born free of hate, of suffering and sin.

Now my eyes see what has never been told,
Striving forth happy, confident and bold.
Into a world that's unfamiliar but friendly,
Into this new life my spirit will send me.

Living and laughing, loving it all,
I stood myself up and answered the call.
The darkness has gone, replaced by the light,
I gave up the darkness with hardly a fight.

I've been sitting around this life for years,
With laughter aplenty and hardly a tear.
Now I can see just where it all went,
Cherish every moment of this new life I've spent.

Have You Ever

Have you ever felt,
the cold and lifeless hand of an infant,
gazed into their unblinking eyes,
and observed the face of death,
when masked in bittersweet innocence?

Have you ever touched your dreams,
and felt the simplistic joy,
of feeling them become reality,
only to abandon them,
for reasons you cannot explain?

Have you ever watched your family,
who once shared the greatest of loves,
suffer an unforgettable and unforgivable tragedy,
that will slowly, painfully, and inevitably,
tear them all apart?

Do you know, firsthand,
the evil that resides deep within the heart of every man,
every woman, and every child?
Have you seen its face as it randomly seeks,
a soul to torment and destroy?

Do you know the darker side of life,
the one that awakens you,
in the still of the night,
crying to the unknowable God's,
‘Save me from myself. '?

Does your heart constantly question,
whether humanity is obtainable,
in a world corrupted with suffering,
and where war,is the favoured solution for peace?

If you really want to know me,
and understand the forces that compel me to move on,
then take these questions,
and take this pain,
for this who I am.

What Love Is

It is Love that gives me purpose

to change and grow and learn.

It is Love that guides me on this path

and helps me choose each turn.

It is Love that gives me courage

to stand against my fears;

to open up my heart to you,

to let you see my tears.

It is Love that gives me trust and hope

when little thing go wrong.

When distance stands between us,

it is Love that keeps me strong.

It is Love that offers harmony

and a friendship that is true.

How wonderful that I can share

a Love like this with you!

To Put It Simply, I Want You

I want to be your companion

and walk hand in hand,

your strength enveloping mine.

Autumn leaves falling,

scuffing feet and laughter,

sharing nights, not finished by the dark.

I want to be your confidant

as you pen your deepest

thoughts, as your heartaches

bleed and finally break free.

Your dreams, I keep as if my own.

I want to smile as you smile

and giggle with you

at nothing at all.

I want to be your lover

and find the passions

that move you to action.

I want to be the softness

that induces you to trust.

I want to the be the naughty

that makes you come back for more.

I want to please you.

I want to share your breakfast

and your dinner,

I want you in your shower

and in your bed and

with soft steps to bring you coffee.

Your strong arms, the legs

that power your thrust,

your lips of pleasure,

these are the fuel of my desire

no its no secret, my love,

and to put it very simply,

I WANT YOU.

Have I Ever

Have I ever told you

that if I sit really still and silent,

sometimes. I like to think

I can hear your heart beating

in time with mine?

Have I ever told you

when I listen to you speak to me

through lines and cords.

I imagine

your voice,

whispering into my ear?

Have I ever told you

that i wait out each day

in anticipation,

wanting

only an hour or two,

just a second in space and time,

to feel close to you?

Have I ever told you

that there has been times,

when I ached for you,

ached for you so badly,

that the emotions overwhelmed me..

and so I sat and cried?

Have I ever told you

that sometimes,

I will reach out,

touching your name

on this cold screen before me,

wishing

I could reach in

and pull you to me?

Have I ever told you

that after the first time I heard

the sound of your voice,

thousands of miles away,

I sat up all night,

turning our conversation over and over

in my mind,

examining it,

like some newly discovered species of flowers?

Have I ever told you

that I would give everything up,

just for one night

to be able to lay near you,

to feel your chest rise and fall

with each breath you take,

just to know that you are real?

Have I ever told you

that i dream of you often,

I dream of your reaching out

and touching my hand,

simply to let me know

that your are there,

and everything is okay?

Have I ever told you

have I still yet to tell you,

that i love you?

He Calls To Me

He calls to me across the miles

Night winds carry his whispers

They float on the breeze and though my windows

Falling gently upon my ears

-HUSH-

I hear him now.

He calls to me from the heavens

Glittering stars cannot compare to the sparkle of his eyes

When he looks at me , I am consumed by the fire

I see him now.

He calls me through my dreams

Dancing together in the shadows of my sleep

Where we laugh and love once again

I am in his arms

I feel him now.

He calls to me

Every moment of every day

Distance couldnt keep us a part

When destiny drew us together

I'll hold him for eternity

As long as he keeps calling.

Wings

If I had wings

I'd breathe in deep

and spread them wide

as I leap from the cliff

into the wind

where the gulls glide.

Crossing this wide sea

I glide above cruel waves

that reach up to drown my flight

in their cold

deep

blue-green graves.

And as your day grows slowly light

I'd arrive on worn-out wings

to hold you

in your waking dreams

and feel you soft

and gently warm

in my embrace at last.

The Dream

I finally crawled into bed last night, late.

With visions of him still in my head.

Anticipation pounding in my heart.

All my senses filled with your existence.

As I escaped into the dream world I knew so well.

I took you with me.



We walked down the beach together.

Our hands touching and our hearts bonding through them.

The wind kissing our faces gently.

The sand giving way under our feet.

The warmth in our hearts that only a poet would understand.



Finding an oasis in the never ending edge of the world,

We sit beneath the giant tree, on the patch of thick grass

that seems to have been put there just for us.

We talked for what seems to be hours.

Never running out of things to say,

feelings to share, thoughts to exchange.



I reach out to touch you and you stop my hand with yours.

Our fingers touch. Our hands envelop each other.

Almost as though they were making love to each other.

Our fingers dancing. Our eyes gazing into each others.

A soft and gentle smile exchanged.



Our bodies seemingly without direction move toward each other.

The desire almost unbearable.

The passion burning in our hearts so overwhelming

We are unable to maintain control of our own destinies.

Our bodies become one.



We make love in such a way that direction from Venus herself must

be at hand.

Only paced by the rhythm of our hearts.

Accelerated by the hunger for more.

The cycle seemingly never ending.

Hunger and the attempt to satisfy it.

Our hearts thundering like a storm on the sea of love.

The frenzied yet graceful, almost poetic energy abounds.

We erupt in a flow of passionate waves that humbles the nearby sea.



As we lay secure in each others arms in the shade of the giant tree.

Listening to the song that the wind and surf play just for us.

Feeling love not surpassed by Romeo and Juliet.

We drift into a world in our minds that we share in a way that is unexplainable.

A connection of souls.



I awaken to another day.

Turning to touch you.

You are not here.

It was a dream, now just a memory.

The feelings still in my heart.

The vividness of the encounter still in my mind.

May I Kiss You?

I ask if I may kiss you.

You just smile; no answer is necessary.

My initial kiss is just a flirting of our lips.

My tongue lightly flicking -

Like I am asking "Do you want me?"

The tip of my tongue runs all over your lips.

Touching every part,

Inside and out -

Over and over again.

Tickling you, tickle, tickle , goes my tongue.

Now I press my lips gently to yours.

Rubbing you lips back and forth aganist mine.

My kisses are hot and fast.

I cannot rest long in one place.

I have such a need to go on.

I trail kisses of passion all over your face.

Then back to your mouth.

Our tongues dance together.

We are exploring.

I circle your tongue with the tip of mine.

You echo the pattern back to me.

I lick the sides, underside and top.

You echo back.

I suck your lower lip.

You echo back.

We repeat, repeat, repeat.

The sensations are driving our emotions.

We are wild for each other.

You thrust your tongue in and out.

The movement are rhythmic and stabbing.

Simulating our love making during mating.

I ask again, do you want me?

I can tell you do.

No words necessary.

Ready For Love

Take my hand and lead the way;

tell me all you want to say.

Whisper softly in my ear,

all they things i want to hear.

Kiss my lips and touch my skin;

bring out passions deep within.

Pull me close and hold me near;

take away my pain and fear.

In the darkness of the night,

be my beacon, shine your light.

In the brightness of the sun;

show me that you are the one.

Give me wings so i can fly,

for I can soar when your nearby.

Enter my heart, break down the wall,

its time for me to watch it fall.

I've been a prisoner, can't you see?

Break my chains and set me free.

Strip me of my armor tight;

you'll find i wont put up a fight.

Release my soul help deep within...

I'm ready now, let love begin.