37
The Poetess
She walked
on stage
in blue jeans
three inch heeled
suede shoes
and her manicured toes exposed
her head
and
eyes facing
upward
and nose being
tickled by
the hemline
of
God's purple robe
she was more
than beautiful...
she was a living , breathing
chocolate covered
rose
and despite
my
gift for words
in her
presence
they simply
froze
doubting
their
ability
to reach
...and if I'm just keeping
it real
I can't
even remember
if I was
able to breathe...
She
was that one...
That one
that made me want
to change my life
made me want
to take
cooking classes
just
to be
a more
rounded
type of guy
made me
forget every
reason
I didn't want a wife
made me want to
call all of
my boys
and tell
them they
can have the single “life”
That one
that made
me think about
holding
hands in
malls
all because I
no longer cared
about being called
“that
guy
that's whipped”
I'm telling
yall
...She was it
If an angel
would have needed
a body to inhabit
she would have been
the perfect fit
So I watched
from eye corners
from a coffe house
corner table
still unable
to form words
in this place
of flowing words...
in this place where
the smell
of coffee beans
and jazz music
should have been the muses
needed for me
to lay out lyrical odes and prose
like a verbal prodigy
it should have
been easy
to let her
see
that we
had been together
in eight other lifetimes
and that the end
on the other end of
her lifeline
she
has always been
connected to
me
So patiently,
I waited...
The moment chose
not to...
and so I watched as
she
and
those blue jeans
once more parted air like
an annointed Moses
did obedient waters
and once more I was the unproud
father
of another
baby named “what if...”
But I know
and believe
anything is possible
...and I'll
see her again
So
I recite this piece
on occasion after occasion
hoping
she hears
and remembers
that guy
at that corner table
in the coffee house
looking from the corners
of his eyes
watching
as she
walked on stage
with manicured
toes exposed
head and eyes
facing upward
as the hemline of God's purple robe
tickled her nose..
By Royce