Redeeming Love

"He closed his eyes and said Lord, forgive me. You said go to her, and I let pride stand in my way. You said she needed me, and I didn’t believe. You said love her, and I thought it would be easy. Help me. Open my heart and mind so that I will love her as you have loved me."

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unanswered ?uestions

They speak of jobs and positions
Who's seeing who, who's settled Down
They casually mention your name
The power in the A Word is insane
How it triggers everything to come tumbling down

Into the pit of my stomach-
Boulders and butterflies coexist
That chemical reaction shared by all romantics
Threatens to persist

And this unanswered question
Lingers on to this later date
Can I Resign to never knowing
If I as your one that got away

The back and forth, the on and off
The "Don't Call Anymore"
The leaving, the wishing I had stayed
A self inflicted prison I can't escape
Like if I did the memories would decay

And there would be no more hours of dreaming
About what a life with you would have been
That chemical reaction shared by all romantics
Has some twisted need to exist

Say you feel nothing when you see me...
Say that where I walk ,flowers have grown...
Say that I rocked your world...
Say that I was never your girl...
Just give me Something
Give me something I can put in stone

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:::Zolani Kunene Photography for Naturography

Every (Wo)man should Know

Every woman should know
how to live alone
even if she doesn't like it...

Every woman should have
enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own,
even if she never wants to or needs to...

A woman should have
something perfect to wear
if the employer, or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...

A woman should have
a youth she's content to leave behind....

A woman should have
a past juicy enough
that she's looking forward to retelling it in her old age....

A woman should have
one friend who always makes her laugh
And one who lets her cry...

A woman should have
a good piece of furniture
not previously owned by anyone else in her family...

A woman should have
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal,
that will make her guests feel honored...

A woman should have
a feeling of control over her destiny...

Every woman should know
how to fall in love
without losing herself..

Every woman should know
how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend
without ruining the friendship...

Every woman should know
when to try harder
and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...

Every woman should know
that she can't change the length of her calves,
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..

Every woman should know
that her childhood may not have been perfect
but it’s over...

Every woman should know
what she would and wouldn't do for love...
Every woman should know
whom she can trust, whom she can't, and why she shouldn't take it personally...

Every woman should know
where to go... be it to her best friend's kitchen table... or a charming inn in the woods...
when her soul needs soothing...

Every woman should know
what she can and can't accomplish in a day...
a month...and a year...

Gills and Tails

The way I appreciate this piece. A description of my life right now and where my head is at. Enjoy.

I looked at my reflection in the water
Thought what an unlikely pair
Closed my eyes, held my breath,
Plummeted dow...down...down...
and anchored myself there.

Can't tell how long I've been
in the company of gills and tails
I think I feel my skin
growing scales

Can I come up for air?
Can i come up
Can come up

I'm gettin' eaten up down here
I'm just not built like them
The big fish have a monopoly
The little fish get buried in the sand

This here world I'm in
sucks your life out, leaves you comatose
take back your salt and fins
send me a lifeboat.

I look up, longing at the surface
Hypnotized by the way the sunlight seems to ride each ripple
And they do a dance
Every ray becomes a beckoning hand
I miss the sweet taste of oxygen
I mistook this for the promised land

Elegant Boy
Beautiful girl
Dancing for joy
delicate whirl
Shades of delight
Coco hue
Rich as a night
Afro Blue

Two young lovers dance face to face
With undulating grace
They gently sway
Then slip away
To some secluded place

Whispering trees
Echo their sighs
Passionate pleas
Tender replies
Shades of delight
Coco hue
Rich as a night
Afro Blue

Lovers of flight
Upward they glide
Burst at the height
Slowly subside

And my slumbering fantasy assumes reality
Until it seems its not a dream
The two are you and me
Shades of delight