Leavin' aint always gone
Because your soul cries out in confusion
Cries out in anger's anger
Cries out in protest

Leavin' ain't always gone
It's just harder to seek reason
Harder to make insanity sane
Harder to make the wrong right

Leavin' ain't always gone
Because the loss of life opens pain
Opens the past anxiety
Opens healed over wounds

Leavin' ain't always gone
Just finding a new resonance
Finding a new resistance
Finding its strength in numbers

Cause leavin' ain't always gone
When it's buried

For Trayvon Martin
2012

Everyday

in every way

You are familiar to me.



When You hold my hand

and our fingers search for

that special touch.

That's familiar


When You look at me

and our eyes get a glimpse

of our souls.

That's familiar


When You hold me close

and our bodies melt

like hot wax.

That's familiar


When Your desire meets mine

and for that moment

our passion is King.

That's familiar


When i think of You

nothing else seems to matter

and that is also

becoming familiar

Spring
2015

How do I say no to my heart?

When my mind says he's no good.

And I know I should forget:

His face

His touch

His kiss

His smile

His walk

His voice

His love

He did me wrong I know

When all I did was good

When all I did was love him

When all I wanted was a touch

It didn't seem too much to ask.

How do I forget him?

When I slept with him:

                    ate with him

                    cooked for him

                    shared with him

                    made love with him

And talked about life until the wee hours of the morning.

Why is it so hard for my mind to agree with my heart?

I see pictures of us together

and I long for the times when he was near

The times he kept me from harm:

                     held me tight

                     took me out

                     wrapped me in his arms

                     cried with me in bed

And yet I cant let it happen again.


Tsuliena
Summer

I have a burning desire deep inside me

to feel your skin contact mine

your loving arms surrounding my body


Why wont you hold me?


I have a burning desire deep inside me

to kiss your lips, to have your tongue push

through my smile.


Why wont you kiss me?


I have a burning desire deep inside me

to have you tickle my knees, to have your hands

caress my *******.


Why wont you feel me?


I have a burning desire deep inside me

to feel your tongue deep between my thighs.

Discovering what makes me go Oooh.


Why wont you taste me?


I have a burning desire deep inside me

to make love to you, to have our body language

speak.


Why wont you take me?


I have a burning desire deep inside me,

to make your soul tingle with passion and

deep love.


You are my lover


Why wont you satisfy me?


Tsuliena
Spring

When your eyes meet mine.

          I feel a river rushing to break the dam

to flood the sensation in my body.

          I want to let the rapid waters flow.


When your eyes meet mine.

          I feel a desire to spark the flame

that's shut up in my veins.

          I want to let the raging fires spread.


When your eyes meet mine.

          I feel the lightning strike

that's piercing at my heart

            I want it to light up my life.


When your eyes meet mine.

          I feel a bomb has been planted

deep in my breast.

          I want it to explode into love.


When your eyes meet mine.

          I feel a passion has embraced

my soul.

          I want it to burst into ecstasy.


Tsuliena
Spring

I just want to watch you, watch you sleep

in the quiet of the night. When everything is alright

just let me watch you.

Let me see you with your eyes shut.

                                       mouth shut.

                                       mind shut.

I see beauty in your sleep. Your soft breathing, your chest rising and falling in the same beat.

Let me watch you when you wake for a few minutes and your eyes meet mine.

Just to watch you baby, is so fine.

I just want to watch you when your breathing increases,

                                                      and your heart races,

                                                      and my body shivers in passion.

I want to watch you when my body rises to meet yours.

Let me see you come inside of me, with eyes burning, with desire through my body.

Let me watch you creep

                  in your sleep.


Tsuliena

Spring

Anxiety of love's coming surrender

thoughts of past relationship blues

where pain and bruises were rendered

emotional roller coaster of pursuits

dark alley lies of pure devotion

tortured links become chains for a fool

on knees of obedience and meditation

riding tsunami waves of dark intonation

i closed the revolving door of need

hiding desperation's face behind a mask

shielding my body in your evil deeds

and the unfilled promises do ask

naked brown ornamented rope design

your finger prints now a ruby necklace

my skin delivered and now again my

owned random futile thoughts in place

memories, sweet ballads of release

sonnets of naked blues in sad refrain

the body has found a temple of peace

the mind and soul a requiem of pain


Winter 2015