Midnight's Shadow



 

  Acknowledgements

  Thank God for the talent, mind and soul.

  Mom and Dad for the nurturing, morals, intellect and insight.

  Keith Rogers for the vision.

  Friends and family for the undying support.

  BackTalk! poetry troupe for the movement.

  contents

  Earth, Wind, & Fire

  a tale of two lovers

  earth wind and fire

  jazz singer

  all that jazz

  tigress

  Erotica

  midnight’s shadow

  hunting

  a night in the jungle

  get some

  kiss and tell

  scarlet fever

  come first

  the rain king

  erotica

  Between the Sheets

  brotha’s and sistas

  nearsighted

  do you remember?

  death of a playa

  between the sheets

  veteran

  afterthought

 

  Earth, Wind, & Fire

  A Tale of Two Lovers

 

  The smooth scent of incense hangs over the dark room. Thick curtains let a single line of sunlight penetrate the gloom. Like an umbilical cord penetrating a womb. Connecting him to a dream world where his fantasies stay. Directing him to the real world and a brand new day. He rolls over grumbles and blinks back the morning sun. His king sized bed has been missing someone.

  And he has too...

  Someone too good to be true

  Someone who always knows what to do

  And when and how

  Someone he wishes he could hold right now

  Someone to wake up to and grow old with

  Someone to share his most precious of gifts

  Sleeping alone in her hollow home. She wakes up to the sound of the dial tone. Full of fear because the sound is so near. But last night it held the voice of someone dear. She caresses the phone and holds it near to her breast. Wondering how long she will have to endure this test. Still she feels blessed

 

  To have found someone worth talking to...

  And sometimes he seems too good to be true

  Because he always knows what to do

  And when and how

  But he can’t be with her right now

  To hold her and tell her she’s the one he wants to grow old with

  The one to whom he gives his most precious of gifts

  Earth, Wind and Fire

  Over a bottle of wine

  We dined

  It was a 3 course meal of body, spirit, and mind

  Maybe it was the stars that were aligned

  Or maybe she was just fine

  But my heart was signed, sealed and delivered

  When my way her smile shined

  I felt my spine shiver

  Cuz

  She

  Wuz

  Cold

  Colder than tadpoles swimming in the North Pole

  She was rock and roll

  But from sometime in the seventies

  Plus she smelled heavenly

  I had been dreading the

  Nightmare I would face

  When we first came face to face

  You know how it is with blind dates

  That Russian roulette of choosing mates

  You can get burned

  Like the fire that matches create

  So we sparked a conversation

  That led to months of dating

  And physical relating on a whole other plane

  Of existence

  Then there was the persistence of my pulse pounding

  Sometime as I was sliding into home plate

  I realized that I`d been running in place

  Because her flawless face

  Couldn`t replace the hole in my heart

  From an earlier shotgun blast

  From the past that has that uncanny

  Ability and speed

  To catch up to you

  Flip you off and make you bleed

  From the need

  To forget what she just told you

  What she just told me was

  Cuz

  I`d been impersonating a player

  In the most dangerous game

  She`d be leaving me broken and lame

  Just to start the same

  Ol` same ol`

  Conversation and weeks of dating and sexual relating

  With no substance

  Like being trapped in the shadow of Groundhog Day

  I see 6 more weeks of winter ahead