by Shunmeco Cooley

Created on: August 18, 2010

Our love was freshly brewed Arabian aromatic love

And awakened sleeping volcanoes

My desire to love him ruptured more

With each passing day

When he graced me with his presence

My belly turned acrobatic flips

Quicker than any Gold Medalist

I gazed into his telling eyes that

bent upward in gentle smiles

He was my love ally

I knew he understood the heartaches I had

Tried to convey to others time after time

I softly whispered in his ear

"I love you so much"

As I gently stroked the tresses and sniffed his sweet smelling hair

I peeked from behind his shoulder while nestled snugly

In the trenches of his arms

Safety surrounded me from my past of throbbing pain

That would attack me when I saw families together

Sharing that special bond of family unity

Feelings of abandonment haunted me

Icy tears would stream down my

Cheeks with more unison than the Great Lakes

As I lay somberly in my bed

I had dreamt of having a family

A father that burst into the door with anticipation

Who would greet the family with hugs and kisses

While merrily singing "Daddy's Home" in a deep masculine voice

After a long days work in a hostile " Big Dog Eats little Dog World"

A mother who would adorn my hair with frilly

Ribbons and bows

She would nurse the scraped stinging knees

We would have long conversations about

Puberty, boys, and all the growing pains

She would escort me into womanhood

I had barely escaped the dysfunctions

Of a home filled with loud tormenting shrills

Where the overpowering stench of alcohol filled the air daily

A mother who made excuses for her husband

She tried to explain away the bones that ached and that cried

For mercy with agony

She wore sunglasses to hide the black matching

Ringlets around her eyes

Was justice ears still circulating with listening?

She continued to be a rose in his garden of pain

To her he was the essence of Love

The only love she ever knew and understood

I gritted my teeth in regret

As I held my gift tightly I knew God had

Answered my prayers

I felt an overpowering love

blossoming from this man.

It's as though God had used and breathed emergency

Love into him to resuscitate my love and to sojourn with me in life

"I will build my own dynasty" I thought to myself

I had to move past the horror

I had lived in my childhood

I will be a strong courageous leader

For my family with this man by my side

No great ruler ancient or present can

Stomp out the blazing engulfing flame

Or the dynasty which is to come

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