Penchant

Passports
pre-packaged
Outlining expectations
Bridging failed love with prospects
Of promised compotations
His hands plan long getaways,
Riding ocean waves
Booked strategically for a few days.
Passing heartache led astray
With contextual presuppositions
Making “Yes,” mean more than
Empty and weak suppositions.
Bubbles kiss the rim of the glass as
The night air catches my grasps of
Memories unfettered.
I ask if it can get any better –
And he emphatically replies,
“It just did”..
Replacing the loosened cap with
A tightly twisted lid,
He sealed in tomorrow with a one-way ticket,
Perfect mood, and a reason for lips to grin.
Sending kisses across earth’s perimeter,
He coddled love in hands feeling for
Future plans on future planes.
Slow wine while rain finds the window pane,
Shall we see where new love takes old pain?

Revivify

Adoring.
Exploring avenues meant
For me and you to
Sit quietly.
Breathing in frankincense and myrrh.
I’d hoped that you would come back sooner
After seeing me like this…
Wishing you could wrap your secluded lips
Around my essence standing.
Alone.
Disbanding my heart within the realm of our moans.
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Guess what?

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I loved you when your eyes were shut.
And you couldn’t see me for what I was.
What I am still.
Breathing in the Nile as if life instilled its visions
Within my breath.
The portion of you that kept me yearning was poured
Upon my head in sweet libations.
Distant…….vibrations….
Caressing latitude so longitude would connect us…
Undress us and our constant fears
Of being alone.
I wait.
Naturally. Unabated.
Holding faith in full hearts since that’s where we made it.
It’s been so long since I felt my tear-infested cheeks cupped
And I heard you say,
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Guess what?

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I loved you when the ties were cut.
And my vocalizations for us remained unfathomably shut.
Clouded thoughts overtook and ultimately stopped
Our need to be needed.
Love cheated and we lost.
Yet, and still…
You paid at all costs. Just to be with me….
Still.