Kenyatta's Corner

Can I forgive?

2008-08-05T22:40:00.000-07:00

Can I forgive you for destroying my world
turning it upside down
to only turn away.

Can I forgive your sweet words or soft touch?
Knowing to me that you meant so much

Can I forgive you for the sleepless nights
or tearful days?
When I recounted every interaction and
email in twenty different ways.

Can I forgive you for touching my heart
Even though we are apart

Can I forgive you for being my perfect
match that will never be?
Because at the end of the day
you left me.

Kenyatta D. Berry
August 5, 2008
* Inspired by "Wings of Forgiveness" by India Arie

Silent Love

2007-03-05T11:03:00.000-08:00

If I could sing, I would write a page
full of melodies that remind me of you.

If my voice could hit an octave, I would share
my love with you and only you.

If my fingers could tickle the ivories, you would
know how much you mean to me.

Oh, If I could sing I would tell you
my innermost thoughts without hesitation

But, since my voice can't hit an octave
and I can't tickle the ivories.

I shall remain silenced, hoping, wishing and
wanting you to know

If only I could sing.

Kenyatta D. Berry
January 31, 2007

The Pulse

2005-12-19T20:44:00.001-08:00

I stand before you on the pulse,
the pulse of Greatness.

My fingertips feel the beating of my future,
my success, my Greatness.

I am on the pulse of impact, of change
I am on the pulse of Greatness.

My eyes see the vision,
the forest among the trees.
the Greatness.

I hear the sound of success,
rolling in like a tidal wave on the Pacific.

The pulse of Greatness is near.

My voice quivers with excitement
when I talk about you, my future.

I am on the pulse,
the pulse of Greatness.

The Rock

2005-12-19T20:44:00.000-08:00

I have a vision that I often see
and it's a picture of me.
Around me at my arms and feet,
lie the hands of everyone I meet.
Those who pull and push me in their direction
or grab hold for dear life.
Those whom I have helped pull from struggle and strife.
I am a rock, a solid base to stand and
one who is always willing to give a helping hand.
But when the rock begins to crumble and
my feet are no longer strong enough to stand,
whom will lend me,
a helping hand.

I can no longer understand or even see
why I am a rock and
everyone leans on me.
I am strong but not stronger than any other woman or man
yet around me lies a field of stronghold hands.

I have a vision that I often see and it's a picture of me.
But I am no longer crumbling but standing alone,
I not lending anyone's heart a temporary home.
I am listening to no more problems and no more fears,
but I am living for Kenyatta and I have been for years.
Yet this vision may never come to pass,
because I have been the rock for at least ten years in the past.
So as much I may try and wish that it came true,
I shall continue to stand with the hands of old and new.

Make me a better person

2005-12-19T20:43:00.000-08:00

Please bless me with the vision to see goodness in everyone.
To not become judgmental when others judge me.

Give me the power of faith when a storm confronts me.
Make me humble as I grow stronger each and everyday.

As you make me a new person, help me see.
That I am no better than any other human being.

Please give me the ability to hear the critics and dispel their words.
To hear the cheers those are rarely heard.

Give me the strength to get through
The cards of life dealt by you.

Make me a better person, stronger and wiser as the day becomes night.
Standing by me as I put up this fight.

GOD please sustain me on the path towards you.
Make me a better person by leading me to you.

Faded memories

2005-12-19T20:42:00.000-08:00

thoughts of you
drift through
my mind

I taste the remnants
of your kiss
on my lips.

I feel your hands
on my waist
like a ghost of the past.

thoughts of us
drift through
my mind

walking on the
beach with the
white sand at our feet

sailing in the summertime
with the blue sea
basking beneath us

dining by candlelight
almost every night

faded memories
of a jaded past
slipping away

like the sands
of a hourglass
of time

You are a faded memory
we are a faded memory
my heart is faded.

If I could sing

2005-12-19T20:36:00.000-08:00

if I could sing
the songs I would write
the melodies that
would flow from
my fingertips

if I could sing
the words I would speak
would explode
from my lips

if I could sing
the smiles I would bring
my words would touch
every woman and man

anyone who knew love
would know me
know my music

If I could sing
the hearts I could touch
with just one verse

If I could sing
I would tell you
how much I love you.

Different Love

2005-12-19T20:34:00.000-08:00

You caught me by surprise
You made me love you
And your simplicity
Without my permission.

I thought that I was in control
Of my personal life
I was the boss of me and decided
Whom I would love

You showed me a different kind of love
Love based on friendship
Love based on tenderness
And not race.

You showed me a new way to love.
A way I had never experienced before.
I became a novice
When I met you.

I came to love differently
Without even knowing
That I loved you at the time.

Your other lovers

2005-12-19T20:33:00.000-08:00

I am not like any of your other lovers
I am a different and unique in my own right.
I will never falter and rarely do I fight.
My plan is not to use you or cause you pain.
I only want to fall in love again.

Yet, I continue to be met with your doubts and your fears.
That I will leave you or turn your happiness to tears.
My heart belongs only to you and
my soul does too.
I am not like any of the others,
I am unique and different
as I am your perfect lover.

Dancing in the Moonlight

2005-12-19T20:31:00.001-08:00

Tonight
I danced
for the first time
since you left me

Tonight
I smiled
for the first time
in a long while.

I put on my favorite
CD and loaded up
my favorite MP3’s

I sipped on a
smooth glass
of Chianti

I ate Filet Mignon
I nibbled on
a mixed green salad

Tonight
I watched the
sunset and
the moon rise.

I watched
my moments
with you
drift away.

Tonight,
I danced in the
moonlight
by myself.

While releasing
my heart from you.

Cursed

2005-12-19T20:31:00.000-08:00

she sits on her couch
sipping her favorite drink
her cherry lips pout seductively

she strokes her hair
her eyes sparkle when she smiles
she is beauty

in a crowded room
she commands attention
she is in control

her words are like angels
dancing on your tongue
she is intellect

sitting down at a table
with candlelight flickering
at her fingertips

she takes a sip of her
best red wine
She dines alone again.

she is beauty
she is intellect
she is cursed.

Lost Soul

2005-12-19T20:30:00.000-08:00

Surrounded by gusty winds
Ample trees
Tall grass
I wonder the field, lost

Searching for a sign
Something to hold onto
To help me understand
What I am going through?

Looking into the endless blue sky
Searching for an image
For a precursor of peace and tranquility
I wonder the barren earth, lost

What will I do?
Where will I go?
Who will I become?
I wonder the world, a lost soul.

Who walks behind me?

2005-12-19T20:29:00.000-08:00

Who walks behind me, a vision I can not see?
But a presence I feel with an ever-slight chill.
Who walks behind me and follows in my days.
Who whispers words of wisdom to mend my ways?
I do not see a soul or even an outline of a body.
But I feel the presence all around me.
Who walks behind me as I accomplish my goals?
And try to write a story that I have not told.
Who sees me cry in the middle of the night?
Or holds my hand when I have lost sight
Who walks behind me through this journey called life?

It is my ancestors and my angels who help heal me from strife.
They walk behind me, although them I can not see.
I feel their love and presence around me.

They walk behind me.

The Shadow

2005-12-19T20:28:00.000-08:00

I look at my soul in the shadow of itself.

To the past that has made me
The present that is me.

The future that will become me.

I revisit my heart with all its wombs.

In my writing I show the healing of myself.

With my eyes, I can now see, the new and exciting me.

Someone whom GOD has touched with talent.

I look at my soul in the shadow of myself.

And the picture is now clear.

I have found myself.

In the shadow of me.

Wishful Thinking

2005-12-19T20:23:00.000-08:00

Tree lined streets and the smell of fresh fruit
The summer’s sun beams down on my skin and I want to realize the child within.
I walk through the streets gazing at those who roam about.
I stop at a bench to ponder, what is life all about?
Is it about my debts that are high with no end in sight?
Or is it about the taste of fresh strawberries that melt in my mouth with each bite?
Is it about the music blaring from the car that just passed?
Or is it a true love I wish for and hope will last.
As I walk back to my office and feel the breeze on my cheek.
I hope I will make it through the next week.
I have obligations, deadline and employees who stress me so.
But in a society based on the corporate world I cannot let go.

So I will take my vision of the tree lined streets and fresh lemonade.
And compare that to the money I have made.
The result will be the same as it is everyday.
A simple life will win out!
Oh what, a luxury that would be.
I know that my life is too settled and I do not have the courage to let go.
I can’t start over not knowing where to go.
I must have security because I have built a wall of material possessions around me.

As the share consumes my path and the sunlight disappears.
I hear my inner voice, but chose to let it fall on death ears.
Then I raise my hands to the sky and pray for the strength to move on.
Maybe I will wake up and see, that a life of simplicity is the best for me.

A Moment

2005-12-19T20:17:00.000-08:00

Will there be a moment when you do not cross my mind?

When my eyes won’t sparkle at the mere sight of you.
When my body won’t shake at the remembrance of your touch.
When my smile won’t gleam at the thought of your dimples.

Will there be a moment when you do not cross my mind?

When my lips won’t part and speak the goodness of your name
When my arms won’t reach out to hold you again.
When my nose won’t smell your scent in my sheets.

Will there be a moment without you?

A moment where I won’t miss you and your naiveté.
A moment when I won’t think of all the silly things you say.
A moment where I won’t appreciate all the crazy things you do.

Will there be a moment without you?

U Mystify Me

2005-10-10T20:55:00.000-07:00

U mystify me[1]

It’s your eyes
It’s your smile.

It’s your smell
It’s your aura

U mystify me

It’s your intellect
Your skill

You do something to me.
It makes me smile at the thought of you.

You make me love you
In ways I didn’t know existed

I am captivated by you.
Beneath your spell, I reside.

You mystify me

No one can hold a candle to you.

You mystify me.

[1] Inspiration, “You do something to me”, Lena Horne

The first person

2005-10-10T20:49:00.000-07:00

I want to be the first person
You see when you wake

I want to be the first person
To hear a child call you “dad”

I want to be the first person
To hug you each day

And the last person
To kiss you each night

I want to be the first and only woman
That you make your wife.

Ready for Love

2005-10-10T20:46:00.000-07:00

There comes a time in your life
When you are ready for love

When you want to hold someone
As they sleep

You want to wake up to their smile
Each and every day

There comes a time when running the streets
And partying every night runs dry

When you want to spend candle lit nights
With someone special

You want to open your heart
To the feeling of love.

There comes a time when your empty heart
Wants to find a home

When you want to share your tears of joy and pain
With your soul mate

You want to fall in love again

There comes a time when you are ready for love
And my time is now.

I am ready for you.

Restless

2005-10-10T20:44:00.000-07:00

I am restless with my thoughts of you
My mind wonders to a place
where we can be
one

I am restless with my desire for you
My heart is lighten
By the sight of
You

I am restless
Just thinking
About you
And us

I am restless to
Become one

Stillness

2005-10-10T20:33:00.000-07:00

You must be still, the Lord said to me.

Let me control your thoughts, your heart and your possibility.

Be still.

Let me take you to the place, you need to be.

Let me make your life filled with the love of me.

When you wonder why there is pain in your heart.

Let me take away the hurt and heal the lonely parts.

I will touch your soul and let you know, that all that is you begins with me.

We love each other, in your growth to be.

Be still, you are still evolving in to my possibilities.

Be still.

I Got Lost

2005-10-10T20:29:00.000-07:00

On my way
to find myself
I got lost

I forgot
who was
my friend

I lost my heart
I became blind
I became deaf

I walked along
this journey
with my own
footprints.

On my way
to find Kenyatta
I got lost

I lost faith
in myself
in God

I got lost.

He Smiled

2005-10-10T20:26:00.000-07:00

Walking down a lonely street
Busy with cars
Horns honking
Music blaring

He smiled

My eyes were weary
My voice yelled “what are you doing?”
As the car whizzed by me
Honking my horn over and over again

He smiled

Clean Clothes on my back
Breakfast in my stomach
Shelter over my head
All the luxuries of life

I couldn’t smile

He walks barefoot
Torn clothes
Empty stomach
He is homeless

And He smiled

My Window

2005-10-10T20:20:00.000-07:00

Outside my window I see, a world open to me.

There are so many possibilities.

Outside my window stands one single tree.

Not supported by any friends or family.

It thrives on the sun warming its leaves and the slight summer breeze.

Outside my window I see green grass and blue sky.

I watch the clouds slowly move by.

I raise my hands to the sun.

Hoping its rays will rejuvenate me.

I hear the sounds of the world as they pass by.

Will I step outside my window?

To see the world of opportunity.

Or will I sit here in comfort watching the world move without me.

Battle

2005-10-10T20:07:00.000-07:00

Battle

I am fighting with myself
learning how to walk again
after you have broken my knees

Learning how to speak again
after you have squelched my voice

Learning how to hear again
after you have silenced my ears.

I am fighting with myself
Understanding the balance
of me

The creativity and
the logical side of me

Learning to see things for what they are
and not what I want them to be.

Learning to trust myself and
truly be me.

Learning to toss out fear
and replace it with hope.

I am fighting with myself.
To understand my heart and
set it free.

Learning how to love again
how to trust again.

Learning that pain is not
the only part of life.

I am fighting with myself
in my quest
for something new.

I am fighting a battle
my heart and my mind
to let go and get over you.

Asylum

2005-10-10T20:06:00.000-07:00

Today I walked outside to find green trees and bright skies.
Finding a kind and caring world outside of your lies.
I walked through the fields and out to the beach.
Where I stood in silence and let the air embrace me.
I looked at the beautiful blue sea so calm and full of tranquility.
Before this was a weapon of death for me.
I wanted to perish instead of live without you.
But now I embrace happiness and toss out blue.
Today, I left my asylum of pain, where my heart remained dying.
And my soul was crying.
I have opened up myself to the beauty around me.
I have said GOODBYE to insanity.

Ivories

2005-10-10T20:04:00.000-07:00

fingertips
touching
the ivories
so lightly

gentle breeze
blows through
the summer
screen

I sing
in a voice
gifted from
heaven

touching
the souls of
those that surround me

I tickle the ivories
with my fingertips

I smile
when I hit that
note, so high

I laugh
and the family
chimes in
on a old tune

I tickle the ivories
with my fingertips

I cry when
I recite the pain
I knew from love.

I huddle closer
when I remember
the darkness

Still I dance in the
moonlight
as I tickle
the ivories.

Music Moves Me

2005-10-10T20:02:00.000-07:00

Fingers tapping on key
Melody forms from my finger tips
With every note
A song drapes from my lips

Music moves me

Simple pleasures
Heart felt emotion
Swaying my hips
Snapping my fingers

Music moves me

Inspiration greater than the sea
Never knowing what will come out of me
My voice carries
Singing a song to sooth my worries

Music moves me

The greatest thing ever created
The sound of a powerful voice
The tip of a guitar
The silhouette of musicians afar

Music moves me

To do strange things
Like write poetry
About how
Music moves me.

Reflection

2005-10-10T18:27:00.000-07:00

I stare into space wondering about me and my life.

Where is this journey taking me?

From Detroit to DC to Boston

Where am I going?

Sometimes I feel lost with no direction in sight

Other times the path is clear

What have I become?

How did I get here?

To a spirit, a clarity, a person

That is reflecting at mere age of 33.

July 15, 2005

Sea

2005-10-10T18:24:00.000-07:00

I prepare my boat for sailing

Pack my items and board for my journey

I am leaving the coast of Boston

Heading to the Atlantic to see
where the wind takes me

Lifting my sails

When I arrive to the point
about 15 miles out to sea

There is nothing in front of me

On the other side of the sea
is Europe

Behind me is a life unknown

I lift my sails

And swim out to sea
to see where my spirit takes me.

July 15, 2005

Changing Times

2005-10-04T18:46:00.000-07:00

When I decided to pursue a new me and open myself to the possibilities.
My eyes saw the blue sky with its wonderful wispy clouds.
I voiced my freedom, aloud.
My ears heard sounds that were once silent to me.
And my heart felt the possibilities.
All the signs pointed too yes and the achievement of success.
And in my mind, I know I am the best.

These are changing times.

I recall when fear consumed me and stopped me from growing.
But deep inside, I knew.
Success would be imminent to me.
My eyes were shut to the glory of fame.
I never thought, in lights I would see me name.
My mouth spoke words of the positivist, but my heart had no faith in me.

These are changing times.

Fear no longer consumes my mind, I have found faith in me and I revel in my possibility.
These are changing times and the growth of my brilliant mind.

Breakaway

2005-10-04T18:42:00.000-07:00

running for blocks
not knowing where I am
or where I am going

I am running.

from indecision
from unhappiness

I am running.

into darkness
with no light to guide the way
or no roadmap to lead me.

I am running.

from poverty
from fear

I am running.

into the sea
to escape the life behind me.

I am running

I am breaking away.
I am leaving behind
the ancient me.

I am running
into the darkness.

Once flamed, twice burned

2005-10-04T18:39:00.000-07:00

You were my shadow
my piece de resistance

I wanted to be only with you
and grow old with you.
My flame you burned brightly in the night.
Then you vanished from my sight.

It was as if I had walked through fire
and felt the cinch of the flames.
It ached my voice to whisper your name.

I saw you again and felt the love that never departed.
My goal was to get something new started.

We met in a park on a cloudy day
upon the coldest bench we sat
to start our love affair again
to embark on the road to happiness.

You grasped my hand and promised me the world
To be true this time and make me your only girl

Then someone walked by and caught the attention of you
and I became twice burned

left by the ashes of us.

The Mirror

2005-10-04T18:36:00.000-07:00

A wall of glass
surrounds me.

I run to escape
the face staring back at me.

There is no way out.

A tear flows from my arduous eyes
and slides onto my lips.

I quiver at the sight of me
Alone I stand.

There is no one to turn 2.

My body aches from the burdens it carries
it grows weary each day.

My voice cracks when I speak
my words are monotonous.

There is no turning back.

I touch the mirror with my trodden fingertips
and I realize there is no escaping.

I am the mirror image of me.

Nothing Is Better

2005-10-04T18:29:00.001-07:00

There is nothing
Better than loving you

A perfect spring day
With bright green leaves

Can’t compare to you

A sunny afternoon
On a Caribbean beach
With the perfect tan
And seashells at my feet.

Can’t compare to you

There is nothing
Better than loving you.

A quiet spring rain
On that Sunday afternoon
When it’s ok to be inside.

Can’t compare to you

There is nothing
Better than love

There is nothing
Better in my life
Than loving you.

In 2 Deep

2005-10-04T18:29:00.000-07:00

Drowning
Suffocating
Surrounded
No Escape
I am in 2 deep

Wishing
Waiting
Wanting
Hoping
I am in 2 deep

Searching
For love
For you
For my soul mate
I am in 2 deep

Into the vision of love
Into the romance of love
Into the vulnerability of love
Into the idea of being in love
I am in 2 deep

Vibrant Blue

2005-10-04T18:22:00.000-07:00

I stood before the canvas last night staring into its space, a soft pillow white.
I rubbed my hands across it and closed my eyes.
Forming a vivid picture of you in my mind.
My brush strokes the paper ever so sweet.
I don’t want to wake you, so I must be discreet.
I start with a soft and gentle touch painting the love in your face.
I smile because I know with you my heart has found its place.
As the picture becomes clear and I think more of my life with you.
My colors change from pale roses to vibrant blue.
The stroke of my brush quickens and with force I paint this picture of you.
The harder and harder I paint, the more vibrant becomes my blue.
What once represented love now represents pain.
Where I was to write your name, I etch it in the same.
I stood before the canvas last night to paint a gentle picture of you.
But instead I painted a relationship with some love and pain of vibrant blue.

Dangerously in Love

2005-10-04T18:20:00.000-07:00

I am dangerously in love
With a fantasy
Something that will never
Come true

I am dangerously in love
With you

I am in love with the
Thought of
Someone to take
Care of me

I am dangerously in love
With you

I am in love with the
Tenderness of a kiss
The subtle suggestion
Of my sexiness

I am dangerously in love
With you

I am in love with hope
That someone
Will Rescue me
From obscurity

I am in dangerously in love
With you

I miss you
I want you
I know I can’t have you
But I am

I am dangerously in love
With you

You are my fantasy
Not my reality
You are perfect
And you do not exist

But I am dangerously
In love with you

Destiny

2005-10-04T18:19:00.000-07:00

When we met it was a meant to be.

You touched my soul like sweet destiny.

Love smiled upon me when you looked into my eyes.

There I stood mesmerized.

Your voice was so smooth and calm.

I knew my heart you could not harm.

I felt your hand and became numb.

I was reassured you were the one.

The day I met you, destiny engulfed me.

You are a treasure, my sweet angel sent to me,

You are my destiny.

The Look

2005-10-04T18:16:00.000-07:00

You stole my heart with one simple look.
I stopped breathing and fell into love.
You made me believe in everything,
Then I knew that true love was not a dream.
With one look you made my world change.
You did not even say your name.
It took no words to convey your message.
I felt the warmth in my heart and soul.
Your look showed me what’s truly behind you.
A man searching for love and it’s simplicity.
A man searching for the only woman he will ever need.
Your look let us know that for one moment
We would hold on to each other forever.

Remember Me

2005-07-17T18:58:00.000-07:00

In a field of daisies
I stare at the sky
Imagining your touch

Under a waterfall
I soak up the sound
Of water beating against the rocks

At the train station
I take a seat upon a wooden bench
Smiling at my thoughts of you

In the library
I walk the aisles
Caressing the books with my fingertips

On a road once dangerous, jagged and crooked
It takes a new turn
And I enter a perfect world

In a Perfect World

2005-07-17T18:56:00.000-07:00

In a perfect world your kiss would melt my lips
Your hand would caress my hips
Your touch would make me quiver
And the thought of you would make me shiver

In a perfect world I could cross that line
With no consequence in mind
I could touch you, feel you and
Make love to you.

In a perfect world, I wouldn’t need to write poetry
Or hide my thoughts of ecstasy
Oh, if we lived in a perfect world
I could enjoy you and me.

The Shelf

2005-07-17T18:47:00.001-07:00

I sat in the darkness for a moment
making sure this was the right move,
am I ready?

I turned on the light after reassuring
myself that the time had come.
I walked to the closet and
opened the heavy door.

A slight draft slipped through
the crack.

Things were strewn on the shelves
and clothes had no hangers.

At the top of the shelf
was a dusty ruby red box
with a silver ribbon.

I took it off the shelf
blew off the dust and
walked into the living room,
where I sat on the couch
next to you.

I opened it with some nervousness
this would be the night.
It is a special thing to share
so handle it with care.

That night, I took my heart off the shelf
and gave it to you.

I could smell you

2005-07-17T18:47:00.000-07:00

I could smell you
when I entered the room.

I could sense your presence
When you were near

I could taste your lips on mine.
I could hold onto the image of you for all time.

I imagined you loving me and me loving you.
Oh, how I could smell you.

I wanted to taste the sensuality of your lips
And feel your hands on my hips

I could hear your breathe on my neck
As you stood near me on the deck.

I could smell you before I saw you
I knew that I wanted you.

I smile when I think about you
And the smell of you.

Oh, how I could smell you.

Nothing is Better

2005-07-17T18:46:00.000-07:00

there is a road
that leads
to something
new

to something
neither of us
expected

there is a valley
that is either
low or high
depending on your view

there is a type
of love that
has led me
to you.

I have traveled
many roads
to get here

there is a new place
for you
to rest your head
to shed your tears

to open your heart
welcome to your
new place
my love.

A work of art

2005-07-17T18:41:00.000-07:00

Untouched
Rare in form
In beauty

A work of art

Visually appealing
A sight for sore eyes
Reflecting the heavens

A work of art

Still
Precious
Overpowering

A work of art

Captivating
Exquisite
You

A work of art

Portrait

2005-07-17T18:38:00.000-07:00

If I could draw you
what beauty the canvas would know

Your eyes would set the page on fire
your smile would brighten any onlookers frown

Your body radiates perfection
Your aura is angelic

If I could draw you
what beauty I would see

If I close my eyes
Your image is light in a hall of darkness.

If I could draw you
I would melt a thousand hearts

You are beauty
You are happiness

You are intellect
You are truth

If I could draw you
from the canvas beauty would speak.

The portrait of you
at one sight makes many weak.

Oh, if I could draw you.

Queen

2004-12-21T10:27:00.000-08:00

Radiant like the sun she lights up the room
She walks in Beauty as Lord Bryon wrote
No one holds a candle to her sexiness.
She is a genius like Albert Einstein
Her beauty lies in the keenness of her mind.

She is a queen.

She struts through your life like a dream.
She seems like an illusion.
She has impeccable taste.
She is a faithful friend.

She is a queen.

She is unpretentious about her looks.
She is humble in her intellect.
There is no limit to what she can do.
She can make any of your dreams come true.
Her potential is rarely seen.

She is a queen.

The Shadow

2004-12-21T10:15:00.000-08:00

I look at my soul in the shadow of itself.

To the past that has made me

The present that is me.

The future that will become me.

I revisit my heart with all its wombs.

In my writing I show the healing of myself.

With my eyes, I can now see, the new and exciting me.

Someone whom GOD has touched with talent.

I look at my soul in the shadow of myself.

And the picture is now clear.

I have found myself.

In the shadow of me.

Walk with me

2004-12-19T17:39:00.000-08:00

Take my hand and walk with me.

Make this marriage a journey.

Lead me to the ocean so blue and crystal clear.

Take my hand towards your heart, hold me near.

Shower me with flowers that bloom after an April rain.

Stick with me through the field of thorns.

Look at me when you are lost and torn.

Revel in my beauty and wonderful smile.

Hold me for all time.

Take my heart on this journey with you.

Love me when the moon has lost it glow.

When it no longer snows.

Lead me to the land of destiny.

To the end of our journey.

Where I will spend the rest of my life with you.

Walk with me for an eternity.

Imagery

2004-12-18T12:46:00.000-08:00

In my mind lives the perfect man; he is a figment of my imagination.

He shelters me from any heartache and pain.

He smiles at the mere mention of my name.

His eyes stare into me and capture my soul.

His voice calms me, although he is a part of my imagery.

He is a figment of me.

In the physical form he does not exist and without him I am amiss.

In my mind he helps me get through the day-to-day of the world.

I am his only woman, his number one girl.

In my mind he appears to be, the perfect man for me.

He is a fantasy and he is my imagery.

Canvas of You

2004-12-18T10:47:00.000-08:00

You inspire me with your charm and creativity.

Your triumph and your spirit move me.

I am stimulated by the canvas of you.

By your eyes so full promise and care.

Your smile so loving and complete.

Your muscles and slender physique.

I stand before the world painting a canvas of you.

In my poems, you can find traces of you.

Remnants of your memory tapping my mind.

And your keen ability to make feel as though I am one of a kind.

You don’t even know what you do that makes me spend my moments completing the canvas of you.

CENSORED SELF

2004-12-17T13:32:00.000-08:00

I hide from myself.
Hiding my tears from the pain.
Hiding the laughter to steal the joy.
I hide from myself.

Taking the words that flow from my lips.
Tossing them aside into the gray sky.
Taking the wisdom that immerses my brain.
Forsaking it for the freedom to be insane.

I hide from myself.
From my freedom.
From my laughter.
From my tears.

I have censored myself
Through out the years.
Who am I?
Who is the woman inside of me?

I hid from myself.
To become what you wanted.
To become someone else
I have censored myself.

I smile

2004-12-16T12:41:00.000-08:00

I smile whenever I think of you.

I tremble at the thought of losing you.

I cried tears of joy when you said, “I love you.”

I cry tears of pain when I am mad at you.

But I smile whenever I think of you.

I defend your name and honor in the presence of strangers.

I touch you sometimes to make sure you are real.

I plan our life together everyday.

And I smile whenever I think of you.

I travel the world to be near you.

I talk about you incessantly.

I pray that you will love me forever.

And you share my smile when I think of you.

The Pulse

2004-12-15T10:35:00.000-08:00

Killing Me Softly

2004-12-15T10:30:00.000-08:00

Your sexiness is killing me softly.
I am melting away
Tearing apart at the seams
With desire for you.

Your smile is making me weak
You dance across my mind
Each night before I sleep.

I can’t take looking at you
Staring at you, wanting you
I can’t help myself I am lusting after you.

Your sexiness is killing me softly.
With each breathe
I think more about you.

There is nothing I can do.
I shall die in my desire for you.

You are killing me softly.

Where have you been?

2004-12-14T10:28:00.000-08:00

I close my eyes
Imagining your smile
I smell your cologne
I touch your soft skin.

I close my eyes
Hoping to see you again
Where have U been?

I lick my lips
Tasting your kiss
Tugging at your heart
Tapping your soul.

I lick my lips
Hoping to see you again
Where have you been?

My soul cries happily
Yearning for you
For your eyes to captivate me
I tingle at the thought of you.

My soul cries happily
Hoping to see you again
Where have you been?

A piece of heaven
In the flesh
Where have you been?
Will I see you again?

Coming Home

2004-12-12T13:34:00.000-08:00

Dismantled
I reached inside of me
to search for my soul
my true self.

I plunged into the depths of my existence
asking myself who am I?
Why am I here?
What am I doing with my life?

I circled my heart time and time again
to heal the pain of past relationships.
I screamed their names one last time
to release them from my heart.

I removed the circles under my eyes
from the lonely nights crying.
I lifted my bosom to the air and
took a deep breathe to cleanse me.

I traveled through my mind
replacing fear with freedom.
My soul burst through my chest
like a beam of light.

Amassing the new pieces of me
from outside myself.
I came to rest inside of me.
I came home.

My Oblivion

2004-12-12T13:26:00.000-08:00

Here I sit my eyes blinded by the remnants of beer.

My hair tousled atop my head.

My arms heavy from the weight of the world.

I shut myself out to my oblivion

where I will join a new world

Where my arms are lighten from their load

Where my vision is clear

Where my hair is neat and complete.

Where reality does not exist.

In my oblivion, I can be shielded from pain

I can write for hours at a time and never go insane.

I can find myself, reclaim myself and repair myself.

I can take the real me off the shelf.

In my oblivion I can be the one person that I want to be

I get to be me.

The Scent of You

2004-12-12T10:31:00.000-08:00

I could smell you
when I entered the room.

I could sense your presence
when you were near.

I could taste your lips on mine.
I could hold onto the image of you for all time.

I imagined you loving me and me loving you.
Oh, how I could smell you.

I wanted to taste sensuality the of your lips
and feel your hands on my hips.

I could hear your breathe on my neck.
As you stood near me on the deck.

I could smell you before I saw you
I knew that I wanted you.

I smile when I think about you
and the smell of you.

Oh, how I could smell you.

Elusive U

2004-12-10T15:44:00.000-08:00

I am at my wits end with you; usually I know what to do.

My usual tactics give me no results there is no reading you.

Sometimes you say things waiting for me to jump on that train.
Then other times you distance yourself and drive me insane.

I don’t know what to do.

Maybe, I should use something simple to approach you.

Something from my childhood years like, a note saying, do you like me too?

Then I would get an answer and know what to do.

But with you right now, I don’t have a clue.

You are not an open book to me; you escape me.

I think I want to test the waters with you.

But at this rate, I will never really know you.

U will remain elusive U.

Take A Bow

2004-12-10T12:19:00.000-08:00

Lost and alone
I wondered the world
Waiting for someone
To rescue me

Tear stained face
With fatigued eyes
And clinched fist
I searched for him

Feeble limbs
And tattered shoes
I stumbled through
Life waiting for you

The sun peaked through
The clouds with a smile
A path appeared
In the distance

Rescuing me from myself
Wiping my tears dry
Strengthen my limbs
Leading me with love

You gave me new hope
New shoes to walk to you
You gave me your heart
Take a bow because you gave me you.

I See You

2004-12-10T11:19:00.000-08:00

Averted glances
Wondering eyes
Simple kiss
Daunting smiles

I see you

Staring at you continuously
Wanting to touch you
Holding onto the image of you
Grasping your invisible figure

I see you

In my mind’s eye
You dance with the perfect grace
You talk about me incessantly
You love me for me.

I see you

In my heart
Where I can change you
Where you can be
Whomever I choose

I see you

Sadness

2004-12-10T10:18:00.000-08:00

Sadness caresses my body
like strong arms
holding me tight

it binds me

my tear drops are like rain
flowing free without
any form or frequency

sadness controls me

I try to shake it away
but the hold is tight
my heart is getting in the way

it controls me

Broken by you
in pieces and bits
of love

sadness caresses me

I still remember

2004-12-10T10:16:00.000-08:00

in my mind
I remember every
word you ever
spoke to my heart

in my heart
I still feel the pain
of your love
lost in time

in my eyes
you see the remnants
of a shattered dream
from the love of you

in my arms
you feel the weight
of hands that have
held together a broken heart.

my smile has
become a permanent
frown and my love
has run astray.

but I still remember
the day, you told me
that you loved me.

I still remember
the day, you held me
in your arms
I still remember
the day, you cheated on me
and destroyed my family

so sad, too bad
that I still remember
the day

when I thought you
destroyed me.

Evolution of Me

2004-12-09T10:43:00.000-08:00

My eyes were once blinded by a tainted love.
My ears closed to the sounds of infidelity.
But before where I was blind, I can now see.

I am free; I am an evolution of me.

I have heard the voice of another man,
where there were once deaf ears.
I have become happy and
replaced my weary tears.

I am free; I am an evolution of me.

Now I find myself smiling for no reason at all and
then I realize I am thinking about you.
We talk incessantly for hours at a time and
images of you move through my mind.

I am evolving, I am free, and I am an evolution of me.

Your smile melts me like ice cream on a warm summer’s day.
You stare at me with nothing particular nothing to say.

But you speak the language of freedom with your silence.
My vision no longer cloudy, but clearly guided.

I am evolving into me, I am free.

I stand before you with an open heart once bound by chains.
Asking you to do the same.
We are free to become what is now to be.
An evolution of you and me.

Open Arms

2004-12-09T10:26:00.000-08:00

I stand before you
with open arms
embracing you

I stand before your
tall green trees
smelling the scent of pine

I stand before your
vast oceans
swimming into the depths of me

I stand before you
with open arms
embracing me.

I stand before myself
with widen eyes
and great expectations

I stand before myself
with a brilliant mind
a Renaissance woman in the making.

I stand before myself
with beauty and elegance
in a mirror of happiness

I stand before me
with open arms
embracing myself.

Genesis

2004-12-08T14:24:00.000-08:00

I walk the path
and pass the doors
of my life.

Love, pain, and heartache
form the doorway to my heart.

Happiness, laughter and tears
form the doorway to my soul.

Cleverness, astuteness and intellect
form the doorway to my mind.

Prodigious, spiritual, Renaissance
Form the genesis of me.

Wicked

2004-12-07T11:29:00.000-08:00

Her walk makes your head turn.
Her voice is captivating
Her eyes stare into your soul.

Wicked

Her hands make your skin tingle.
Her mind stuns you.
Her body is enticing

Wicked.

She marks you in her mind.
She flirts with you all the time.
She begins to execute her plan
Of getting her man.

She is wicked.

Circling like an eagle after his prey
She seizes the moment and captures the day
She takes you by surprise with her gentle kiss.
The thought of her is heavenly bliss.

She is wicked.

You dream of her at night.
She is never out of your sight.
She entangles you in her web of mystery.

Until her taste is complete.

She is wicked.

She tosses you aside like yesterday’s news.
Leaving empty hearts singing the blues.

Wicked.

A Taste of You

2004-12-07T10:36:00.000-08:00

I want to see your face awaiting me at love’s door.

I want to hear your footsteps creak on my hardwood floor.

I want to smell your scent throughout my bed.

On your chest I want to rest my head.

I want the taste of you and the feeling of love you belong too.

I want to smile whenever you appear and have you miss me when I am not here.

I want you to hold me and say it will be ok; I want you to protect me everyday.

I want to hold your hand and feel destiny in your fingertips.

I want to taste the softness of your lips.

I want the taste of you; let me begin by loving you.

The Lowest Point

2004-12-06T13:38:00.000-08:00

I wake up with a tear streamed face,
To find my clothes strewn about every place.
I try to be strong for my mind’s sake.
However, I don’t know how much more pain I can take.
I feel as though you ripped out my heart with your bare hands.
As though you never meant our vows taken as woman and man.

I struggle to the mirror and take a long hard stare.
My eyes are blood-shot and I have tousled hair.
I pick up this razor and hold it to my wrist.
I want to end this existence with one sharp twist.
Just then the phone rings and awakens me.
It is you my dear saying you still love me.
I realized what I have allowed you to do to me.
I am at my lowest point and I can no longer fall.

I have been waiting weeks and months for this very call.
Now you are saying the things I have always wanted to hear.
But it took my pain and attempted suicide to get here.
What have I allowed you to do to me?
I have given you too much credit and power over me.
How the hell did I get here?

I hang up the phone and prepare for your visit.
Upon your arrival I will let you know
That it is time to go.

I can no longer subject myself to your abuse.
Because in the end I always lose.
So as I open the door and you smile back at me.
I tell you not approach or even touch me.
Don’t cross the doorway for that is my line in the sand.
I have realized you do not deserve to be my husband.
So take your I’m sorry and all your lies and walk out that door.
You have taken me to my lowest point and
I am now rising from the floor.

Wasted Years

2004-12-05T11:22:00.000-08:00

I think of the time before I met you.
The days minutes, hours, I spent singing the blues.
When my heart was broken by gigolos and playboys.
The times when I allowed myself to be someone’s toy.
There were moments when I wanted to stop myself.

To behave myself

To respect myself.

Those were the wasted years,
the times when I shed so many tears.

When I knew nothing about love.
And I prayed to the heavens above.
To take me out of my misery.
To end the madness that had become me.

Those were the wasted years,
when I shed so many tears.

Today I still cry but they are tears of joy.
I smile when I see your eyes in our baby boy.
I want to hold you all the time.
Because I cannot believe you are mine.

It is like a dream come true.
That started the day I met you.
I reminiscence on the wasted years
when I shed so many tears.

I shake my head at the time lost.
To find you, I had to pay the cost.
Of a broken heart and insurmountable pain.
Although I lost some years it is you that I have gained.

Now I know that I had to shed so many tears
To grow in our love,
after those wasted years.

Shadow Moon

2004-12-05T10:21:00.000-08:00

In the shadow of the moon, I roam about the streets searching for you.

For my new love, my true love, life’s love.

I walk the alleys looking for someone to replace you.

Yet all I find is scum and the remnants of men, who are not equal to you.

I emerge from the darkness into the new moonlight.

Which guides me on my search of the night.

I search for love and hope its true.

Hoping to replace the emptiness in my heart left by you.

I walk the street passing the bars, restaurants and dance halls.

Stopping at every door, listening for love’s call.

Yet my ears hear no answer and my feet began to get weak.
I continue to walk through the streets under the shadow of the moon.

Searching my world for the substitute of you.

Distance

2004-12-04T17:36:00.000-08:00

In the distance
I hear you laughing

I imagine your smile
Captivating me.

In the distance
I hear your voice

I imagine your strong arms
Holding me.

In the distance
I see your eyes

Full of life
Banishing the pain.

In the distance
I see us

In love
Forever

Crave

2004-12-03T10:32:00.000-08:00

My body tingles from the thought of you.
The image of you dances through my mind.
I lick my lips to taste your last kiss.
I smile because I know that without me you are amiss.

My body trembles at the thought of you
Caressing, holding and loving me.
The thought of us engaged in a melody
so wild and free.

My head spins with the dizziness of your sex appeal.
Sometimes you seem so unreal.
I try to tame myself and stop me from envisioning you.
I am mesmerized and I shake at the sight of you.

I crave the taste of you.
The touch of you
The smell of you
I crave you.

Celebration of Me!

2004-12-02T10:15:00.000-08:00

Today I will celebrate all my glory and me.

I celebrate my bosom so full and complete.

I celebrate my hips or the lack thereof.

I celebrate my lips from which wisdom speaks.

I celebrate my eyes through your soul I can see.

Today, is a day of rejoice because I celebrate me!

I celebrate my blackness in a world based on hate.

I celebrate my womanhood in an uneven corporate place.

I celebrate my heritage and my family.

Today is the day, I have celebrated me!

Discovering Me

2004-12-02T10:14:00.000-08:00

It has taken awhile for me to bloom.
But I have become a beautiful rose.
I have sharpen my skills like a knife.
I flow like the ocean when I speak.

I have discovered me.

It took years of insecurity, heartache and pain.
But I remained hopeful through it all.
I kept faith in my heart, even when it was filled with pain.
I prayed for security.

Then I discovered me.

Now I walk with confidence and self-esteem.
I float on clouds, because I dream.
Of a time when I can say, that love has found its way back into my heart.

I love what I have become because of my discovery.
I thank the Lord, that he has helped me discover me.

Stranger

2004-12-02T10:13:00.000-08:00

I became a stranger to myself the day I threw rocks at your door.
When I tossed pebbles at your window, like jellybeans on the floor.

I became a stranger when I drove an hour to surprise you.
And there was no sight of you.

I became a stranger to myself when I took you back.
And remorse or forgiveness you lacked.

When I could look you in the eyes and see through your lies.
But never changed my feelings for you, the stranger and stranger I grew.

I became a stranger to myself the night I let you back into my heart.
To break, kill and rip it apart.

I did not know that woman crying at the foot of your bed.
The woman who wished she was dead.

I did not know the woman, who believed it not to be true.
That you loved someone else too.

I was outside myself the day I killed you.
But inside my heart had already died as you had killed me too.

When I look back to see, I had become a stranger to me.

Warrior

2004-12-02T10:12:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time I was a slayer of the dragons of love.

The dragon of pain, which made my heart drip the reddest blood.

The dragons of disappointment and jealousy, those made me stop trusting anyone.

The dragon of fear that made me shield my heart.

Then I met a King who possessed more poison than a Cobra.

Who sucked the love from my heart like a leech?

The dragon reappeared and I was eaten alive.

My heart was no longer the warrior I took years to train.

It was a mangled mess inside a woman, insane.

I joined him to become his Queen but to him,

I was a possession, a piece of property not a human being.

When I left my King, I was a shy peasant girl.

Setting out into his Kingdom and the rest of the world.

I see the dragons of love each and everyday.

But I no longer have the strength to slay.

I am a woman conquered, beaten and wounded.

I am no longer a warrior, my rein has ended.

? for me

2004-12-02T10:11:00.000-08:00

How can I love someone who does not love me?

Who does not even know me?

How can I use your name in sentences like I know U?

I have never even met U?

How can I talk to U in my dreams?

But in reality never hear your voice.

How can I love something that is all in my head?

Someone who has not materialized?

Someone who can not touch me?

Love me?

Hold me?

How did I become this woman?

Living in my world of fantasy

Can your answer that ? for me.

Hopeless

2004-12-02T10:09:00.000-08:00

I am hopelessly in love with love.

I am in love with the feeling

With the red roses

The sweet candy

The tender kisses.

I am hopeless.

I dream at night of a new love.

That I can embrace

I can see

I can feel.

I am hopeless.

The sky seems dark everyday.

I can’t see any light

There appears to be no end in sight.

2 to my loneliness

I sit here,

hopeless

I Found You

2004-12-01T08:14:00.001-08:00

I thought there was nothing for me,
no one to hold me, touch me or love me.
I thought I would spend my life alone.

Then I found you.

You provided me with security.
You gave me a reason to believe in love,
a reason to live again.

On this day together, a life we will begin.

I thought there was nothing for me,
no one to hold me, touch me or caress me.
I thought I would never feel the passion
of a kiss and true love I would miss.

Then I found you.

As I stand here next to you,
embracing our love.
I am committed to you and
thank the Lord that
I found you.

Remedy

2004-12-01T08:14:00.000-08:00

Whenever my heart aches I think of you.
You make my pain go away.
Your smile brightens my everyday.
I am your biggest fan.
One day, you will be my man.

You are my remedy.

Whenever I hang my head low, you hold me tight and never let go.
You offer me more than just words.
You listen to me and I am heard.
You make me feel special and unique.

You are my remedy.

When I shed any tears.
Your gentle touch wipes away my fears.
Your arms hide me from the world.
At that moment, I feel as if I am your girl.
I am hoping you continue to save me.

You are my remedy.

Destiny

2004-12-01T08:13:00.000-08:00

When we met it was a meant to be.

You touched my soul like sweet destiny.

Love smiled upon me when you looked into my eyes.

There I stood mesmerized.

Your voice was so smooth and calm.

I knew my heart you could not harm.

I felt your hand and became numb.

I was reassured you were the one.

The day I met you, destiny engulfed me.

You are a treasure, my sweet angel sent to me,

You are my destiny.

The Look

2004-12-01T08:12:00.000-08:00

You stole my heart with one simple look.

I stopped breathing and fell into love.

You made me believe in everything,

Then I knew that true love was not a dream.

With one look you made my world change.

You did not even say your name.

It took no words to convey your message.

I felt the warmth in my heart and soul.

Your look showed me what’s truly behind you.

A man searching for love and it’s simplicity.

A man searching for the only woman he will ever need.

Your look let us know that for one moment

We would hold on to each other forever.

Losing My Mind

2004-12-01T08:11:00.000-08:00

Everyday I open myself up
for additional wombs and pain,
I feel as though I can never
fall in love again.
Every night I cry myself to sleep and
pray to the Lord for sanity to keep.
My mind is weary and
my body has been abused.
I have never felt more used.
You have drained my energy from me and
my heart needs a new home and a family.
I can no longer take the pain because
I am going insane.

I get the shakes when you are not around and
in my body I can feel my heart pound.
I love you more than anything in the world, and
I thought I was your only girl.
To my surprise I was one of three and
I never thought you could hurt me.
Sometimes I wanted to kill you and
other times I wanted to hold you in my arms.
Forgiving you for all the misery and the harm.
Yet my pride won’t let me call you,
even though I can’t let you go.
My heart is suffering
more than you will ever know.

I am losing my mind over you,
and there is not a damn thing
I can do.

Your Words

2004-12-01T08:10:00.001-08:00

You once told me that words were your weapons,
but I never thought you would use them against me.
I never thought I would feel the piercing in my belly or the cut on my cheek.

So hateful
So strong,
Your WORDS.

I thought we were to love one another and
accept our faults and imperfections.
But it seems as though your weapons
have caused you to not accept me.

So hateful
So strong,
Your WORDS.

I never thought I could love you as much as I do,
yet my heart aches from your words.
I try to get over it,
but in my mind I hear your words.

So hateful
So strong,

YOUR WORDS.

My Life is better without you

2004-12-01T08:10:00.000-08:00

My life is better without you,
But I had to leave you to understand this.
No matter what happens it is you that I will miss.
My life is better without you.

My days are shorter and my nights are longer,
Each and everyday I am growing stronger.
My life is better without you.

I dream of eternal bliss and innocent kisses
With handsome princes.
I sometimes curse when I think about you.
My life is better without you.

My days are challenging, but
I have the desire to succeed.
There is no limit to how far I will go.
My life is better without you.

You can buy me materials things,
like diamonds and furs

But can you truly love me?
Or will you continue to run away?

I realize more and more each day
My life is better without you.

What am I to do?

2004-12-01T08:08:00.000-08:00

What is a heart to do?
When all that it has learned to love is gone
When all the heart has are holes to fill
And no more love to give.

What is a mind to do?
When there are no more pleasant thoughts
When all it knows is punishment and pain
And nothing but fantasies provides some intellectual gain.

What is a body to do?
When there is no one to caress it
Or make it feel alive.
And the echoes of yearning it can no longer hid.

What are the hands to do?
When they no longer have anyone to hold
and with each day they grow old.

What am I to do
without you?

I Love You

2004-12-01T08:07:00.001-08:00

I miss you so much that words could never express my emptiness.

Sometimes I stare into space, thinking tender thoughts of only you.

Telling myself you are only thinking of me too.

The days seem so long and the nights are forever.

I am counting the hours, minutes and seconds we will be together.

So much love is expressed between us two.

When I am without you, I do not know what to do.

Time ticks away so slowly, that it seems as if the world has stopped.

Without you my heart has dropped.

As the days go by, I anticipate seeing your face.

Because in my heart you have forever found a space.

I Love You.

Tremors in my heart

2004-12-01T08:07:00.000-08:00

When I first saw you my heart begin to melt,
then and there your special touch I felt.
Like morning dew on fresh spring grass,
you have captured my heart and I am falling fast.
My mind wanders to the day when we can wed and
I often reminiscence of you and I in bed.
Your touch is like wild fire and
your kisses cause much desire.

I feel tremors in my heart whenever you are near and my feelings for you are oh so clear.
I have never loved any man as much as I love you,
and with you I only know of happiness and
not feeling blue.
You have given me the gift of joy and
taken away my pain,
and more love is all that I have to gain.
When I am without you, I dream of you and
thank God for sending me an angel
in the form of you.

My eyes light up when ever I hear your name and
my voice quivered when
I found out that you felt the same.
These tremors in my heart will never leave
because you cause after shock
like you wouldn't believe.

I wished for you

2004-12-01T08:06:00.001-08:00

I wished for you and you appeared from my
fountain of dreams.

You made my fantasy a reality.

Your eyes are like golden jewels

And your smile brightens any cloudy day.

Your mind is keen and your intellect strong.

Your words provide me with intellectual stimulation all night long.

I wished for you and you appeared from my fountain of dreams.

Making my fantasy a reality.

My Love for you

2004-12-01T08:06:00.000-08:00

I love you with all my deepest feeling from the
bottom of my heart.
I love you till death do us part.
Those may sound like marriage vows that is true, but I love you very much, yes I do.

My love for you is just to great to describe
But yes my love is true.
I care for you deeply, yes I do.

I long for the hours that I will meet you again.
When my boat docks at the shore
I hope to see you there.
To see your loving face awaiting my arrival.

And when I arrive we will share
the rest of our lives together,
As man and wife.