Faith

Faith it’s a powerful thing

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       I just got back from a trip to Palestine

       I visited the West Bank once before in the late 1990’s while covering a story about genetics. I worked with both Israelis and Palestinians, photographing a school for the deaf. Of course I knew of the conflicts between the two groups, but the school was a rare example of cooperation and I wasn’t there long enough to absorb the complexity of the issues.

           This trip was different.

           I am still trying to comprehend the politics driving tensions between two groups of people with long histories who believe in God.

        The main expression of this tension that I encountered was the restrictions on movement. As an American I take freedom of movement in our huge country for granted, knowing that I can…

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Bizzare Animal Creatures That Actually Exist

Weird get beautiful

Music, sex, love, thoughts

Love filled, lust filled, sex filled
music laced with confidence
Insecurity, shyness and forcefulness
I am all of these things

With you

My soul crumbles and expands
Breaking into thousands of pieces
Earthquakes have practised this for centuries
But my body
My soul is new to this

Disaster

Your love fuelled attempts at distancing yourself from me
Is failing
I can almost see your face when you see my smile
And your smile
The one that reaches to both corners of your face
The one that welcomes light to your eyes
They alone tell me that you’re not doing so good by yourself

Just as much as you came into my world and unlocked the
7 locks
Broke through the 6 walls
Ditched the 5 dragons
Kicked through the 4 doors
Sang the 3rd melody
Cuddled my insides the 2nd time
And said you loved me the 1time
Had me feverish
Blood rushed to my brain for a sweet second
The thought of you lived in my loins every millisecond after that
Just as much as you had that ‘effect’ on me
I know that your love was stronger
Deeper

So when your knees buckled after our lips met each other
I held you up
Kept you grounded
And when that electric shock didn’t scare you
You pulled me back
Pulled me into your chest
Held me closer, tighter
Your hands
They almost had me on the ground
Asking for help
For an explanation
As to why you weren’t human
You couldn’t be
No ones warned me
No ones told me stories of earthquakes
The humankind
The one that takes us from being ordinary to extraordinary
The ones that would scramble my thoughts
The one that would have me fening for your lips like a druggie needs his fix
I’d do almost anything to have you near me
I had it bad, have it bad

You’ve done these things
Crumbled me
divided my heart, my soul
They all live on different planes
But it’s silly of me to bask in the ambiance of years gone by
Kisses sweet
The kind of love that turned a woman like me from sane to crazy
The type that took pieces of me out of neatly wrapped boxes
And revealed scary secrets that I didn’t know existed
I had no idea that love could make me react like this
Every kiss
Every touch
Had me loving you stronger
Deeper
You became a part of me
A part of my existence
My reason to smile in the morning
Never my reason to cry
That
Now that
Scared the bones from my body and those are hundreds of reasons why we can’t be
Shouldn’t be
No
Couldn’t be

Still if I could run into you I would
I’d stand about a 100 yards away
Look at you for a moment
I’d probably run away before you could see me
Probably run into your arms
Ask you a 100 questions
Offer you a thousand kisses
But impossible things never happen to me
So I’ll wish you good luck
I’ll offer you a hug through my words
My pen has always kept me honest
Kept me grounded
I still can’t believe that I thought us possible
I lived in hope
In faith, in endless possibilities
Silly of me
To have loved you so strongly
That your numbers etched into my fingers and they constantly abandon my warnings and dial your voice
The urge to hear you speak
Has hollowed my very being
Sadly someone else will have to love you
Will try to love you at least
Just remember there’s only one me
One us
One we

Lovebirds

beautiful poem

Passion's Pleasure

I haven’t posted in here for a little while, but I decided to break my silence today.  I’m in love, and I’m Passion, after all, so I decided to release one of my personal poems to my Beloved on my blog. For all of you reading this, go kiss your significant other… or go find one. 😉 

PS – Kudos to my poetic brother Corey Springer on his new book “LIKE A SUNSET OVER DE GULLY” and if you are in Barbados check out his book launch this coming Sunday, September 22nd. Here’s the FB Event page.  I reference him also because his writing style influenced this piece.  🙂 Enjoy

LOVEBIRDS

Love birds
Sing sweetly
The harmony
Of unity
Thrilling the
Auditory
Canals of the
Awaiting
Audience.

Wrapped in
Rapt attention
Not wanting to
Miss a note
As these love
Birds’ lives
Are heard

Love binds
Us two
To-
Gether

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Pot of Curry

Belly full
I said it full full full
It full
I’ve never went to bed hungry
See my granny always cooked some curry
My grandfather loved it
And when she’d ask
What you want for dinner?
He’d reply cook curry
Even though she cooked some last night
He’s quick to remind her that it was chicken curry
So they could do beef tonight

Naturally the first dish that I learnt to cook was curry
And he’d eat every bit of it even if it
tasted funny
He’d set me up a pot and coals in the back yard
He made sure I learned to cook every type he liked
See my grandfather always kept money in his pocket to feed us
Together they made a super couple
They lasted for nearly a lifetime

My grandmother was good with a broom
Or an umbrella which ever one would chase out the fast women faster
Memories eh they just come to you
And I smile as I remember that I never went to bed hungry
Cuz there was always a pot of curry

*Disclaimer*

Badu Said

Badu said
‘ love of my life, you are my friend’

See when the gates opened up and the choir sang when the most majestic one asked me what I wanted most out of my life
I said a love for life
See my soul hadn’t entered the capsule that would carry it as yet
My memories of my past life still fresh in my mind
I knew what I wanted and before I was born into this world to live a brand new life
I wanted to ensure that I asked for the one thing that had kept me sane
The love of my life

I remember the first time I saw your soul
It glistened so bright
I had no idea what you actually looked like or would look like lifetime after lifetime
I don’t know if you would be male or female
I just hoped that I could find you in that insane place called earth
See you didn’t only glisten
Your halo hovered above your head
And when we faced each other
I knew what I felt was love
Love unconditional so much so that even Hercules would bend his knees
And ask to be yours forever
Superman would forget about kryptonite
And the devil he would forget about being evil
Because when the higher being created you you were love filled and you stayed that way

And I
I
Just want to be a part of that miracle
So I asked for the love of my life
And when those words caught your ears
You floated to me
You took a part of me and you promised me that we would find each other
Because what I’ve found in you
You’ve found in me
And together we
Are reborn
Only being able to see glimpses of ourselves long enough to remember our pact

Ms. Badu
Said ‘Maybe I’ll see you next lifetime’
Not like broken promises
But wishful thinking
And I’ve seen you every lifetime
Loved you for many
And I ask for the same thing
Every time I get to heavens gate
I ask for
The love of my life
See many take it for granted but you’ve always kept me steady
Kept me safe
Regardless of the earthquakes
Floods, wars, drought
Whatever every lifetime brings us
We face it together
And like Ms. Badu said
‘Love of my life you are my friend, love of my life I can depend without you baby seems like a simple true love’

~T.T~

*Disclaimer*

Drummer Boy

He beats my chest
Much like drummers do
The passion never fading
Just smooth rhythms
That bellow through my soul

See I waited for you not to save me cuz shit I’m an independent lady
I waited on your lips though
Waited for them to grace mine like Jesus waited for satan to change sides

See I needed you to hover near me
Keeping me safe and warm
Safe and strong
But you are still in my mind
I seem to recall the days
When I dreamt of your eyes
Your smile
I had only dreamed of a love filled man
My tiny mind had no idea of sexual pleasures and favours
Or heartbreak
I remember getting on my skinny knees
Choosing my words carefully
As I prayed for a man as strong and as exceptional as my grandfather
I remember asking for what my grandparents had
Beautiful love

Still you beat the drums and I dance to the rhythm
Like my feet had waited patiently
Stayed in a corner at the club
And just held out
Only waited for you
Like a long walk in the Sarah’s desert
No water only hope and faith
A knowing that I would be found
Would be loved
Would dance to the thumps of his drums

Religiously I seem to find things in you that keep me upright
Keep me grounded
Feet planted so deep in the earth
That I am never moving
And like that big strong old tree that shaded me in the desert
You’ve appeared as not a mirage
But as a reality of what patience and prayer can do
My heart beats and it’s melody is orchestrated by you
My drummer boy

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She Carried Me

She carried me

She carried me for 9 months
This woman
Who didn’t know whether she was coming or going
This woman who was on the run from more than her personal demons
Still she carried me

Uncertainty blanketed her world
She could not raise me she knew that
Still she fantasised
Dreamed about being the perfect mum
The perfect wife
Maybe now that I’m carrying his child
He will remain just by my side
Maybe this is what he needs to wake up
To wake up to me
To see that I need him to rescue me
Still she carried me
Nausea
Back ache
Heart ache
Still she carried me

She knew that she could not be a good mother
Still she carried me
Heard the accusations
Saw the terror in their eyes
Still she carried me
All the while loving me
Even though she hadn’t met me
She felt me move as she held her tummy
She never asked for much
Just mango leaves
And sponge from the side of her bed
Still she carried me
The sing songs of the benefits of an abortion filled her head
The easy way out
How many tears she must of shed
Still she carried me

Life’s more complicated than we think
And it would be easy to hate her
I’m surprised that I never did
What I know for certain is that she carried me
And was able to make the hard decisions so that my life now
Can be what it is

My mother
She carried me
Even when aborting me would of been the easier option

She carried me knowing that her demons would get the better of her
She carried me knowing that she’d never be a part of my life
Never see me grow up
Have 1st kisses
And stupid boyfriends
See me walk down the aisle
Or carry my child
She knew all of this I’m sure
At least that’s what I tell myself
It’s the story that my children will know

Your grandmother was never a part of life
But she carried me for 9 months
She gave me life

I Bet

I bet that if my lips touched yours you’d change your mind about what’s right and what’s wrong
And the only thing you’d want to do is pull me closer, hold me tighter, kiss me deeper

I bet that if my fingers traced from your navel to your neck and I planted a kiss behind your ear you would stop thinking about right or wrongs
The way that my breath would feel on your neck
The butterflies
The instant bursts of anticipation
Of shivers as it travels all the way up and down your spine

I bet that if you recall our time together
You’d wish that this could last forever
And the stop signs that blur your vision would turn to green lights

I bet that if you could you would cross oceans day and night
That if the concord still flew
You’d spend many nights by my side

I bet that if you didn’t think about it
You’d be mine
And I’d be yours
We would watch the stars play in the sky together

I bet that if society hadn’t trained us
To be better people
We’d be together
My lips would gladly plant you kisses every chance they got
And those butterflies would fill us up and make us our happy ever afters

I bet that if you didn’t care about right or wrong we would be together
I bet you know that I’m telling the truth
Because you think about the same things all of the time

~T.T~

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Arch & Point

Arch & point

He’s got me going wild
Moving my body in ways
Until now
I’ve only dreamed possible
His fingers lightly trace the palms of my hands
Over my stomach
Until they reach my thighs
The ferness burns hot
It’s ignited flames in me that I didn’t know could be lighted
I’ve become as wet as an ocean
Running out of patience
Legs open
Ready and waiting for his erection
As I welcome him in
He teases me
Only to please me
And I bend in ways that bring a smile on his face and pace to his waves
But I curl like a worm
I move like a snake

I wasn’t ready for this
I couldn’t phantom it possible
I moan symphonies
A chorus flows from my tongue
Causing my hips to move in rhythm
With the tempo from my lips
Music
The kissing and smacking sounds
Heavy breathing
Leaving me incapable of uttering one syllable
I try to say your name
But my legs shake
My body trembles
Like its succumbed to an uncontrollable earthquake

Stop
Stop
Get away from me
My mind sings and I try to crawl away from you
Not wanting to leave
But
You’ve got this hold on me
This grip that just makes me want more
More and more of you
I like your kisses
I like the way that you leave me excited and nervous and scared all at once
I’m scared because you bring out this other person inside of me
This freak
I call her terry and she wants to play
To play games with you that will leave me hanging my head in shame the morning after
She is wickedly divine
Sure of herself
She’s fearless
Possesses a sexual appetite that leaves me famished even after you’ve fed me rounds
5,6,7 & 8
Dangerous
You and I together is dangerous
Just thinking about you
Makes me want to lay on the ground
Arching my back and pointing my toes
You bring me ecstasy that’s so damn good to me
That I’m ready to pull my stilettos back on
Stand in the kitchen and make you home made bread, grits and chicken

Still
Your lips trace from my thighs to the realist prize
You rest your cheek on me inhaling my scent
I can see that its driving you crazy
You want to run your tongue over my lips but you’re hesitant
So I come to you
Kisses sweet
So sweet
We linger
Feeling each other
Catching our breath
I guide you
Reassure you
And the kisses that you rewarded me with
Had me arching my back & pointing my toes
You feel so….
Your strokes are magical
If I could bottle this stuff and sell it I would
Weak in the knees no energy left
But round 9 is here and I still want more of you
No breaks
No leaving the room
You’re my love slave
My muse
I write this poem in honour of you
Your ten rounds of intense pleasure
Magic penis, strokes & tongue

~T.T~