Black Poetry : It Was Complicated...

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It Was
Complicated

I sat atop a cliff…overlooking a crowded beach

Non-descript bodies rushed to and fro
With dark, brooding complexities
Eye-candy
For fast and furious
Erections
Gushing
Highly excitable tastes
And motivations

I could not see them

Grief and rapture rippled through my torn heart
Searching for a new start
A new start for something better
A start that screamed, “forget her.”

“For Get Her!”

My complicated world was caving in
Could not comprehend the exit signs of fear
Did not hear the warnings a broken heart gives

When searching for a new start

Waves of discontentment
Endlessly lapping rocky shores
Cascading over boulders as birds soar the heavens

Water-claimed boundaries
Respected the beaches aim
To bound it true

I listened to
The gracious song of waters lapping
Clapping…against that rocky shore

I wanted more

More of the soothing melodies
That rode gentle breezes
And sang their way into me
Replacing the pain and grief of my misery

Elemental songs sang to me
…gave to me
Precious moments of serenity

I tried to share
…tried to show her how much I care

But it was complicated

I wasn’t sated in my needs
Didn’t think she’d believe my words were true
Things I didn’t do
Words I didn’t say
That, probably, should have been done…and said
Wasn’t truly cognizant of what I had
Took chances with “The girl of my Dreams”
And, every time, it seemed
Sanity took hold of me
There came another epiphany
Or, was it just another hard on
For things to go wrong
Sabotaging my
Happiness

Again, I confess
It was complicated

My waiting and relating to other people’s sayings and datings
While hoping it wasn’t just loathing, hating
Their having something I was wanting, thinking
What I had was
Outdated.

As I said,
It’s complicated

I looked out over mile after mile of rolling waves of greetings
The ocean gave
While trying to reach the shore

The more I sat and stared
Admired and glared
At pictures Hallmark will someday share
I realized
Beauty is a thing worth sharing

I began to see

A new start

(For me).​
 

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