A sultry song,welcome as summer
Sliding from my heart and clouding my mind
Like I need you so very much
I grow faint when you touch me
Don't you know?
Or can't you see my dear?
Just what your fineness does to every one
Every word is precious to me
Your word is my delight
My heart hears it starting
Isn't this our love song?
Such a lovely sound
The air is warm, and my heart beats like a slow piano tune
Ahead is a new trail for us to follow
As we form our special dream
Composing our own words as we go

Love proved to be a never ending lie, you left me alone
With never a moment's hesitancy now my mind is like a scythe
Cutting away in a lonely field of why, we both cut down
The mysterious tree that surrounded our love in life
In our leaving each other were secrets revealed
That caused both to say goodbye
The racing flag shot out: no second place
No third in show, sadness was the take all winner
Now its time for both of us to go

Since you've been gone I hear your and see your face in every room
Still long to be the reason to sweep you off your feet
When going outside I pass the cop on the beat
He sees my falling tears and wonders who did something bad to me
Can't sleep at night and get up to walk the bedroom floor
Keep listening out even through my heartbreak for your key
To open the door.Playing I'm strong but it's only so much
Pretending baby please come on home and give this story
A happy ending

That first time I beheld your face
I felt that the entire world stood still and the moon and stars
Fell down from the sky as my hand touched yours
That first time.That first time I felt my lips softly touch yours
It seems I welcomed a new romance and the world was mine to have and hold
,it was the gift you gave to last inside for all time
Now that day is long past and memories still float inside my mind
I'll have a warmth everlasting to keep me going on
In the the coldest winter of night until its my time to die
My eyes have captured all those tender moments we shared
Just like that first time

Somebody please stop the sky from falling down on me
I've got tears in my eyes  and can't really see
Since you went away there isn't much to do or really say
Happiness just melted into the mist on that very sad and dreary day
Don't really have the will to get up or go on my friend
Since you've been gone

Long ago,some one once wrote," There is no sacrefice to great for a
Chance at immortality'',I wish that  this great thought was mine,but
It isn't,and whether your favorite poet might be Phillis Wheatly,Paul
Lawrence Dunbar,Maya Angelou,Langston Hughes,like they are mine
In a lonely place, in communities all over the world,their is a poet
Capturing on a blank piece of paper,  as a willing servant  and scribe
A poem, which is in,and of itself,an uplifting of the spirit,mind,soul
Which is the very reason,the poem came to you,in the first place
Poetry demands to be heard,and its story told at all times, in all places
So poet,keep on being inspired, and inspire others with your muse
While in your lonely place, and always know within, that there is
No sacrefice  to great for a chance at immortality

Your love is the sunlight pouring down on me
Pushing away the world's darkness
It's the future of my life
I'm investing my feelings in you
My sweet gift every every day
the one who keeps the blues from coming near
Keep on sharing that sunshine with me
I need that sunshine

Don't count on me to be there when he tells you goodbye
Not long ago I was kicked to the curb and made to sigh
Don't count on me or even call my number
You put our once love love in the deep freeze
Made it slumber . If you tried harder it could have last
But that's all in the past. So don't count on me
When he tells you in time goodbye

I wish you warmth from winter's dark and cold.
Eternal youth to keep you from growing old. I wish the granted prayers
that are yours to keep. Dreams of me as you lie down to sleep. I wish you
Laughing children playing under the smiling sun and equal pay
For all  the hard work done.And sharing meals at gatherings with a
A varied collection of friends. Blessings  from everywhere rushing in
A joyful life while traveling around the bend.

I have known the fire
     Of your yes
  And the ice of your no
   Also known the time when opposites separate
     In the silent blaze of up and down
      In the rain and wind of the last goodbye
        Do you know the hour
          It's always now
              And enough

Let all dreamers become doers
Divorce I can't and marry yes I can
Don't ever let defeat stop you
Nor derail new dreams or plans
Keep on fighting until in total victory you stand

Long ago ,someone once wrote,'' There is no sacrifice  to great, for a
Chance at immortality'' I wish that  this great thought was mine
But, its not,and therefore,I'm sharing it with you
And whether your favorite poet,might be one of mine,Paul Lawrence
Dunbar,Phyliss Wheatley,Langston Hughes,Maya Angelou, in a lonely
Place,in communaties, all over the world,their is a poet,from dawn
To dusk,capturing on a blank piece of paper,as a willing servant and
Scribe,a poem, which is in, and of itself,a creative flight of the mind
Spirit,soul,for poetry has a story to tell,just like all of us,and demands
To be heard,which is the reason,that it came to you in the first place

I.m honored that you entrusted me with the sacred treasure
Of your love. One that I find rare in what can be a selfish World
Of me and mine, I may not always know where or sometimes even
How, But only know that I need you now, your love strikes a cord
Of rememberance of what real love should be, like I said before
Only know that I need you now

Your love has given my life a lift
Making us strong together, and has nenewed my faith in human nature
I owe you many thanks for tuning into my feelings
As the days come and go , I look forward to looking at your face
Which is like a fine and rare painting, and I promise never to say goodbye

Rememberances of you, each new sun rise put new sweet thougfhts
upon my mind
the graceful way that that you walk into a room and that very special smile
you cast at me, like receiving a gift on Christmas morning
seems to fit my style,I look forward to your hand finding its way
softly into mine,trading glances across the dinner table each
star filled night and when I'm far away knowing within  that
you have the strength and love to make everything  alright
Rememberances of you, make me so thankful that my longed
for dreams within came true
rememberances ,so many rememberances  of you

On that day long ago I couldn't even cry inside
There was just a sigh watched you quickly walk away
You never said goodbye now what's left for me to do each
New dawning my attention is in and out like a blicking  light
Got to get back to being myself the one whose brave and really
Mattered you never said goodbye and that was what left me so shattered
But that was long ago and the dream no longer matters
Caught in a love daze served you love on a silver platter
Never did I stop to think that when people bestow love on each other
Common sense still must stay, but they were pushed out of the way
You never said goodbye,in such a hurry to leave sadness by my side
You never said goodbye and I had some blues to play
But the thing that gives me hope inside is that some day
Hurt and tears will come into your life to stay
You never said goodbye left  with no happy ever after

On this Philadelphia street
You walk quickly by and don't acknowledge me
In this the city of brotherly love
But at this makeshift place where I suddenly died you bring flowers and cry
So many have placed flowers and stuffed toys where my life was lost to street violence and this one fact remains ever so true
In life down here though I was nobody to you
I was always somebody to Him
Yes,it seems quite a shame that only in death people have finally learned my name.As life drained away, each breath grew weaker and weaker,inside a faint prayer was reaching out to Him on this litter trash covered sod,somehow I knew these final falling tears running down were reaching the heart of God
And this one fact I know inside as my life and vision dim
I might never have been anybody to you
But I was always somebody to Him

I see the sad tears fall upon the street
Of those whose bellies growl from not enough to eat
See them sleeping in door ways or hugging cold pavements of stone
Night fills their ears with the rushing of sirens to help others
But is there one reaching out to end their plight
Prayers go up to GOD that what few things that they have
Won't be stolen and their bodies will soon be made whole
In this land where promises made by Washington's elected never unfold

You smile in my face. Than cheat behind my back. The love I thought we
Had. Turned out to be. Just a front. Now I know this. As a fact. You stay
Away for two months. And I let you come on in. But in all that time.
Wonder with whom. And where you've been. My good old boys must
Be laughing. When I told them. That we're engaged. They're probably
Pondering the engagement . Is a feeble effort on my part.  Your soul and
Body I'm trying to save

Fools rush in where wise men never go. So since I'm no fool, linger in the
Shadows of caution and starve, while the dinner table of love passes on
By.Far beyond the lights of my hidden desire. Fools rush in, so here I am
Like a lamb, thinking of giving myself away. And I can't help but wonder
If in the future, I'll be a lamb chop slain by her sweetness

I'm more than willing to let go, if  translate  all the things
That I'm feeling inside, opening up the door of my heart to you
For all the years to come for a sweet ride, I know that you'll gently
Bring out all the emotions that I've been hiding
No longer afraid to be a man alone, because unto you all of me
Is finally sliding

Tears are falling on the streets, all because young and old are dying,
Being robbed shot stabbed, lost respect among ourselves, for peace we're
Not even trying.Young women and men late at night on the deadly streets
All alone, with your exposed ******* and short skirts, I wonder will you Make it safely home.Death is calling your name,will it be your time to
Answer. So much of our time is spent worshiping the wrong person who's
Not ours , our houses and cars as worship things, and if we go back to
Loving and respecting each person, the brightness of love to each life
We'd bring, because if we'd do this a new song  of joy I would sing

Your life, like a framed picture, can be dropped, and broken into
Many pieces, sometimes shattered, beyond repair my friend
And you think inside, that the pain will never end, often its not possible
To outrun the past, because it keeps you company, day and night,
Never allowing you to forget it, or ever win

What did the World's ears hear? What did their eyes really see?
Ebony men bleeding sweat  in 4/4 time
Carrying the beat, behind the beat with the beat deep inside
Bowing the in- between sweet sound harmony
Strings crying like lost children
Horns tearing down walls of white rejection
Charinet  strutting
Its way through other notes
Like a Sunday -morning altar call
And the preacher calling out tongues of blues in his voice
And cords of long ago memories of joy and sadness
Piano key voice playing sweet ragtime  and jazz notes on the soul
Music , surely yours and mine in Americia

I've endured pracically everything that one could imagintion, now I'm
Enduring your dishonor betrayal disdain for our love, when did our
Happiness turn the corner going to goodbye street? Is this what people
Mean by being kicked to the curb? And when will this rain of loss subside
It seems you boarded the train to new happiness and only bought one
Ticket for yourself

On Sunday mornings she would clap her hands
And call on Jesus in HOLY JOY in church
But selfishness fueled her spirit.This nubile looking princess
Who denied lust,yet allowed the daughter of her youth to ride waves of
Fleshly passion in the bedroom next door and moan out loud
Soon the call to JESUS within her grew faint and she rose up from
Prayerful knees and went back into the World again
Casting aside the Savior who had brought her through
Times good and bad for white and reggae music
And eat the stale apple pie of indifference
With a side order of the meat and potatoes of sin

Wishing that I could make these golden moments with you here last
Like a welcome dream I want our love always to last .But there's no
Guarantee for you nor me, the future is rushing toward us so fast
Will I awake and find you gone and have to live the rest of my life
All alone each lonely night preparing a dull and sad old man's dish
This is not what I wish

Listen son stop trying to tell me I don't belong here
Because I was black in the state of Virginia which makes me American
With these large brown eyes you see staring At your phony pretending  concern, you use kung fu words  with the speed of Bruce Lee  all the while trying to edge closer to my personal life which will remain closed
You think that claiming to love and follow Denzil Washington and Oprah
Will make me feel loved and distracted
What do you know about the highs and lows of being Black?
I'm about to back you up and put you in your place
And stay out of the place you keep trying to put me
Cause who I am is ...me

Your love is soft and warm as a Summer sky
That's what you are to me

My beloved has accepted me for who and what I am
There's no pretense hidden within.No unknown thing open to question
Thoughts have come forth out of this inner being freely
My beloved has let me taste the sweet nector  of each breast
To still this manly longing of hunger and need that runs through
My veins but reaches  out softly to my beloved
With eyes the color of desire

Don't give yourself to someone, who won't really care about
Your value or even your worth, who won't be home at night
Or work during the day, curse you out and  demean and treat you
Like dirt, your current bad condition, doesn't define who you really are
You may not be looking now, but an earthly prince will come and seek
You out, and treat you like the queen that you are
Love will prepare a place for you at the table
To dry each and every tear, when before misery hung your head in doubt
When at times low self- esteem threw upper cuts to knock
Your confidence out, when you grew dizzy from looking high low
Everywhere, love brought you out of the place
Of old dead memories, and you clearly heard its voice indeed
When love called you out

Somewhere in my future, I want you there with me
Holding on so tight, naturally thrilling me
I see the vision of kissing such tender lips
A picture of love oh so sweet and so very fine
My heart flies around inside my chest
Because it's mine all mine
I was lonely and sad not so very long ago
You came ever so softly into my life one day and my every need
You seemed to know,
I know that I should have asked you to take it slow
For I've learned over the years that memories often come
And than quickly tend to go
But special moments last inside always
And their impression leaves behind a lasting glow

Your love is a cool drink of water refreshing indeed
Causing flowers of need inside of me to be satisfied
I was sitting along the road side if you hadn't stopped
And reached out the flame of need and desire within
Might have died. Now you have made this man take
A probing look into the timeless questions of life and see
The possibile certainties that lie ahead
Its better to do this now while I have a clear head
Ponder all the wonders as I'm not yet dead

Tears are falling in the street, from so many young and old dying
People  going to bed hungry in this rich nation, because they don't
Have enough to eat, kids in the ghetto here or across the seas need
Shoes on their feet, I wonder if young girls on the street, will make
It home safely in short and tight dress,plunging neckline  showing
Your uncovered *******, kids are sitting high in school, not even
Learning, but for some money they didn't even earn, for that they seem
To be yearning, if they keep on going the wrong way, their lives will be
A tangled mess, broken down morals from babies out of wedlock,
Previous time just thrown away, when you lay your head down tonight
Will you wake up to the sunrise of another day

Your love is just like fire , running through me
A warning sign to all others to stay away from me
Because I'm so into you, just want it to burn, flying in my mind
To long forgotten dreams, your love shapes and defines what's inside
Of me, taking me up to the next level, your soft touch gives me goosebumps, even if you didn't already love me
From a mountaintop I would be foolish enough to jump

I want to be loved but by only you, I shouldn't be so madly in love with
You, but there's nothing else for me to do, this new feeling inside
Has me with gratefulness crying, my dreams of future sweetness
With you there is no denying , for I know that deep inside they
Will all come true' so glad  that you love me more than just a little
Because I want to be loved but by only you

A mother's love will reach with tenderness to guard and protect
From physical or emotional storms, will go sleepless at night
Walking the floor if there's a fever on your brow
Warn you about no good young man that says that he loves you
But is more in love with himself, and even though your grown and single
While visiting home will still cook your favorite meals just when
You were a child, guard and protect your virtue so the devil
Will not steal, carefully explain con games and ***** tricks
So that you know life isn't  a romance movie , that life isn't a game of
Pretend if you slip or fall in a hidden trap
You might just get killed, a mother's love never fails
For she will spend her last single penny to get a son or daughter
Out of jail

I have to tell your Ma and Pa
The way you treat me girl must be against the law
When you see me in such misery
Why don't  you rain down some good old fashioned loving on me
Baby treat this man of yours right
Why you want to sleep all day and go out the back door at night
When I'm feeling sad and all alone
Who you whispering to on my phone
I'm about filled up and about to hit the road
I thought that couples are supposed to share the load
Girl you have to learn to treat me right
You know you won't cook or even keep the house clean for me
Life in this place is just plain misery
From what I see this situation is plain misery

The first time I saw your face was like the stars fell
From the sky.The EARTH itself seemed to move
When I kissed the soft rose petals of your lips my love
I saw natural beauty in your face and eyes.
Would have fought off an army with a single sword for you.
And prepare to bravely die.would have been willing to go through
The dark woods all by myself with no possible direction
More concerned about your personal welfare
Than my own protection

I can tell the difference between fact or fiction and so can you
Fiction would be if I said that I love you and didn't
Fact is that I love you beyond any great love that has ever been
Or has spanned the the years of time, you were there when lonely times
Came calling and reached out to me, when sad tears were falling
Thank you for my spirit being renewed, thank God  and Heaven for you

Cradle me in the softness of your arms
Let our love be the tender shelter from the world's harm
For its in you that I place my sacred trust
As the future awaits before us
Please allow me to just say
Cradle me in the softness of your arms

Embrace this moment and please be sure not to let this moment ever die
Because it was born into time just for you and I
So let us this time grasp or its a memory long past
And if we lose it sadness will make both of cry
Embrace this moment with me, love blooms so very tenderly
What have you got to lose my sweet one so dear to my heart
So let's give this romance our best try

the  youth sleeps unheard in the old man's heart
The restless yearnings burned out by old age
Happy music of glad years now past
Echo in the lonely corridors of his mind
And though eyes are still full of life
The journey will soon end by death 's final degree

Let your heart speak your voice. By making this man a choice.
As I draw near please  except me. With no doubt or drawing  back. In fear. My love will go beyond the bright lights. Last longer than just one
Solitary night. To treat and make you special.As a treasure with respect.
Beyond any measure. Just let your heart speak its voice

MY LOVE I'm thinking of you
it's growing dark outside as the sun is pulling its color away from Earth
slowly, cautiously,silently
I can smell the Earth scents, still warm in the air
leaves and grasses, living and dead flowers fragrances from some nearby place,all these odors and many others
of cooking and flowers mingled and mixed into a indefinable potpourri
by the cool and welcomed breeze that dares to rustle the leaves and break the hush
somehow, its my favorite hour of the day, twilight
it has a haunting quality as all things pause and grow still
while the departing daylight silences their colors
old lives and new ones. the honored,the thief, rich man, poor man,beggar man,-all caught up in the stillnesof time,waiting,wondering, listening.
perhaps the Earth too will stop and the seas spin and might never be another dawn for us beyond this night
I wish I knew what thoughts you held concerning me
I only know that you must let time remember our love
the currents of which run deep
as I behold your face in the reflecting pool of my dreams
and now in prayerlike silence
I thank you for setting me free from yesterdays lonliness
I wait here for you to walk softly into my waiting arms
as you enter softly in to my presence

You're the reason that love has come my way and the inspiration
to make it through each passing day.
As the hours tick on by, you're the reason I lose track of time
You're the reason that I sought you out as mine
When my need is great you never turn me aside
You're the reason I'm so happy and checked my selfish pride
Get down on my knees and thank the Lord for this feeling
Gently growing ever so quickly deep inside
You're the reason that keeps our love alive

Why do we have to fight other people's battles,
When we have our own to face, we're here on earth to inspire and help
Each other, before we all leave this place, some day unlimited time
Given to you, won't really matter, death comes to steal both prayers
Hard work and dreams, and everything else time will shatter

When I behold your smiling face adorned in soft beauty
There is a silent stirring within casting out old thoughts of being alone
Aside thoughts of tenderness make a stairway of desire outside your door
Waiting to be welcomed inside
My need is a flowing glow,leading this man to think beyond this day
In terms of forever  I want your sweet presence to invade my
Personal space at any moment day or night
come now don't let  my hope be hopeless my longing curl up in dark regret, be kind to me and know that I speak the truth and have kicked
out all doubts
I pray that you will not ***** my heart with the sharp needle of
rejection or quickly my heart will die as you view a corpse who
walks on two feet.
I would leave knowing that all that lights our shadows
Only serve to bring us together in another time and place
Therefore I depart with dreams of thee
Your love is a warm woolen coat wrapped around my once lonely being and a constant reminder of just how blessed among men I am
I need not gather up again my former fears and regrets
For you my love have shown me a new and wonderful land
Where dreams do not sleep but come alive
To those who believe beyond all that they now see

I tell the sun to stay in place on a cloudless day
I'm so cool and classy movie stars copy my style and ways
Guess that anyone can say what makes me think this way
It's because of my love. I'm talking about my one and only true love
I'm so rich and famous BILL GATES envies me. I can fly faster and
Smoother than the human eye can even see. Guess that anyone could say
What causes me to think and feel this way, my love talking about my love
Wish you could  see her walking or even hear her talking
My love

Let me your faith renew, I need you to clearly see, that its room for us
Both on this life's journey, so please put your hand in mine,
Let's build together a love so fine, one that will last for all time
It will truly be one divine