I own one spoon
one knife
one fork
one bowl
and one plate
but I own two mugs
in hopes we'll fall in love over a cup of coffee.

Babe you are worse than late night ****
Sinful like fried chocolate cake
Ironic like chicken and waffles with a diet coke
Or using lard based dressing on a salad

You bad
Like menudo without lime
Like hot cheetos to my kidneys

My desire for you is like:
That nostalgia you feel like a lump in your chest
The first time you smoked ****
The first time you came
The first time you fell in love

I’m sad cuz you ain’t here
And glad you’re far away.

No, I've never touched you in the ways of lovers
Or in the ways that awe stricken girls might
Yearn to be pressed against your hands
But if it makes them let you next to me
I will say that your fingers dug into my rib cage
And rolled around my aortas until I was screaming
Softly as if someone had tested the noises
I could make in that moment when my adrenaline
Pulses through my veins and you pinch
My blood until it would clot under your nails.
I will happily say that my legs wrapped
Around your waist and my lips held yours
I will tell them about your hands behind your head
And mine gripping at your wrists.
If it would mean I could have you again,
I would lie and say that my fingers
Grasped at your core until you smiled like
I imagine you would and your eyes would
Close under my soul that you would have
Tugged out by threads found in my folds
Regarding my mind, I mean,
But if they would be okay with that lie
I would not mean the folds of my mind,
Rather the folds of my being.
They said I was lying to someone and that
They hoped it was you, but the lies I say would
Happily be for them if you got to touch me
In a lovers way years from now when
It wouldn't even matter, because you have
Touched my soul in a way a lover never could
And my heart is waiting to be warmed by
Your soft and inviting hands.

J. C.

As your perfume inebriates my senses
My arms around the thighs of you - a paragon of beauty.
I can hear your heart pumping against my chest
You have numbed my senses,
You have intoxicated my soul.

You see,
You
Ndi
You came along into my life with such ease,
Like the ebb and flow of water.
Yet you have begun a war in my life;
My eyes think they're most blessed,
They linger on your beauty
And savor on the beauty of your eyes,smile
But everyone else disagrees.
My ears relish on your voice.
The kind words and witty remarks.
My skin boasts on the tenderness of your skin.
Though if you walk a mile in the shoes of my heart, you will realise
It embarks on an incomprehensible journey.

And here with your legs between mine,
your head on my shoulder,
My heart knows it's in the right place.
It ponders on how it came across you, however.

As I bask in the feeling of your fingers between mine,
the adrenaline rush that runs through my arteries, down my spine.
I gaze into your eyes and wander...
Wonder!

As I analyze the memoirs of you,
your scent that lingers still...
the makeup that's smudged on my collar.

As my heart travels at  the speed of light at every thought of you,
All I see,
Vividly,
is you, Ndi.
My paragon of beauty!

Here is where I found a home
A place where I belong
Where I can do all the things I want
Where I can lay all day, all night long

Hey, here it is. My beloved home!
Come and look inside,
Look straight into my eyes.
Search for the tragedy that's unfold.

Hey stranger, don't be shy.
Treat of this as your own.
Just don't break anything fragile,
Or else, it wouldn't be restored

So I watched him as he go by
Wandering around the place and all
He uttered this words
Save this, I want to buy it.  Consider this sold!

Of course, I was startled.
I found a buyer. He'll take care of my home.

And then he went to the dining room,
I let him have the best dish served.
I let him devour all kinds of food before him.
I let him have all the wines I preserved.

After eating, we went to the living room.
That's where I display all my collections.
That's where my heart is engraved
That's where my heart was mold!

He sat onto the sofa. He looked around, then at once,
He saw a glass heart shining like the moon.
A lunar light that has stun him like a fool.
I watched intently as his face turned into a gloom.

I must have it! you said.
Consider this sold!

Oh no sir,
You're mistaken. I said.
I will let you have everything.
Just not this one. This one is mine. I begged.

But you wouldn't listen! As if I didn't said,
This is mine! This is mine!
Why are you so deaf?

Here is my money.
I swear I'll take care of this one.
Just let me have it, or atleast,
Borrow it for now?

So you borrowed it.
And you always carry it with you.
I let you reside in my home.
I even considered giving it to you

Then as you walk around the neighborhood,
You saw with your own eyes.
What a sight! A palace made if ice!
Without knowing it, you dropped everything.
Including the glass heart of mine.

I was filled with rage!
You deserve to die! You filthy creature!
I plead to you to take good care of this one.
And now look at what you have done!

Get out of here now!
I don't need the like of you inside my house.
Just let me. Just go!
Don't bother to come back.

Then you responded, full of remorse as you speak,
Yes. I know I am wrong, but please understand.
I am a traveling merchant and it's in my nature to grab the things I want.
You shouldn't have trusted me that easy. I'm not the only one to blame for that.

And so he left me.
Without saying goodbye.
Without turning to cry
No one could say I didn't try, didn't I?

So here is where I found a home. Here in a place called the unknown
Here with this dying heart of mine.
Waiting for the next merchant,
Waiting to let the story take its course, this time.