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Admirer
Bending an ear towards me whenever I'm not nibbling at its lobe's corners and curves
When not immune to those getting on her nerves,  I stand by to provide aid
And she identifies me like a civil servant
As if we've never pressed hearts against chests like slogan pins to vests on solid gold ground, moving to the Brazilian sounds
And I'm OK with that
Because enemies will never share happy and trying times
Instead of vying to undress like the wolves in sheep's clothing they are
I be the confidant carrying remarkable odds
For her, I'll be that sparkling glass
Bottling her tired feet into my palms
With her daily dilemmas facing my vanguard and rearguard
Ain't no turning back, though
So
When the amicable is willing
And the admirable is able
The come-together will be combustable
Flammable with touch
Quaking with kisses
And friend becomes familiar like
I'm alright with being not "more than just"
Even as it is inevitably less in her heart's defense
Because I'm vehemently against breaking trusts, I must not venture.
Lust is short a few dollars to make sense of costly cares.
I'm well-aware we may never go there.
At this juncture, puncturing promises puts pressure on partners and mates
When dates are no longer sweet as Medjool
And everybody plays the April fool
No exception to the rule of thumb
As fierce flames of friendly fire must be iced numb.
The instant she concedes, I will not succumb.
From 3.24.19... 4 months short of a two-year poem!
Finally finished after a major edit.  Make sure you heal hearts, not steal hearts, folks.  Paz y amor.
  Dec 2020 Ifeanyichuku Okoro II
Atoosa
Have you imagined in your turquoise dreams majestic mountains and seaside scenes?

Then go West my friend and come to me in endless summer, savoring fruits of joy in sun warmed shimmer....
https://www.instagram.com/doctoratoosa/p/ByoOlyllTDZ/?igshid=121mo8uwa05ob
Call me mad
nevertheless
I truly believe a life  
Without poetry
Would be a poorer life
A less happy life
an artless life  
A life without color
A life without tongue
no sounds to be heard
A life empty
of any real meaning
  Feb 2019 Ifeanyichuku Okoro II
Lye
The sweet, soft rain
Pit-pattering on the rooftop
Keeps the beat
As you sing to me
The most beautiful song
Of your love
In a void
much deeper
lies the answer
Do not get stuck
down there,
you mustn't
instead
search for the
encryptions
writings on the wall
then climb up
from the fall
to bestow the wisdom
upon the others
Maybe it's the obsidian spirit within that wishes to be in her axis spin
A topsy-turvy tango on the turnpike
My heart tries keeping pace
Embarrassment of riches, her smile never saves face
I'm spoiled to witness a heavenly Rorschach test walking
Olympic views sparkling on high
A natural one
Holy smokes
I've seen the evergreens blush red
When she brushstrokes
Her paintbrush-lush hair amidst the background of the Puget Sound
So refreshing
Trapped in her net
Outside the network of jerks
Fishing for lust
Refresh the pages
Reload the look of ages
My type of hype
She's keying in on my keen instincts
Putting wings on my desires
So heights can be admired
So fright can be delayed
In flight, I've fallen.


- Ifeanyi Okoro II
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