no..I make love for days

a line coming from one of my favorite movies...guilty pleasure

so indulgent it has been in mine

love might not love nobody

but it sho' love itself some me

cause I have smoked it from tight intricate spaces

like air inside a mason jar sitting in a window blazing

from the sun too long

through each encounter managed

not to loose dignity

or the second half of my La Perla collection

despite affections erupting

still giving me his play

while he...he becomes stitch by stitch undone

barely cognizant til threads escape

though he never jumped that far back

he kept charging this direction

he assigned different shapes

Omar, Hakim and Lateef

making my acquaintances in grocery stores

shopping malls... at dinner quietly lit

fixating on the tint of gloss until

turning mesmerized

trying not to let his gaze slip

between scoops of sweet potato pie

after occasional sips of taupe bubbles

suspended above crystal stems

such hearts pined (so did mine) and why shouldn't they

with my serving as confidant good company perceptions entwining

haven from mama when he done worked her last nerve

what is needed for serenity

so I ask...why shouldn't he

incidentally there is a secret

many of us forget

he revels in the chase if we

don't pet and cajole him too soon

we can still show him the moon

from the grass if we allow so

much time to wither...pass

then you are open to minutes

hours

dayz

...(feel like I'm forgetting something)

 

and so I proceed...making love

Reviews

[Susan Beth Horvath]

A well thought out and profound piece. Well presented

[Frieda P]

Love it, not sure which is my favorite line....

cause I have smoked it from tight intricate spaces or scoops of sweet potato pie and taupe bubbles

Delicioso all around!

[willweb]

Shirlena, I don't really know what to say. Reading your poetry is like eating a nice sweet slice of life. You have a way of just inviting yourself in and making yourself at home with your poetry. This poem was great...it felt real and it was breathing (heavily). I enjoyed reading this today.

[Shirlena]

lol thank you will. This made u breathe heavy? Well this is one of the best compliments for me being that it is about not having sex or refraining from it.

[willweb]

Yes but the thought of the chase and the end result was brought out nicely. This poem creates thoughts along those lines and it was fun to read.

[Shirlena]

I''m glad to see you get it :)! Thank you.