Whirlwind Publishing

And I fall victim to a sudden
glance… a happenstance of
human nature
Eyes locked like bond between
mother & child
Sparks fly rampant & wild
For a moment, I dive ocean deep
into those vision pools
Hurt, pain, sadness & happiness
lies there
Honesty, yearning & determination
are laid bare
Then, you come to me…
Hi
“Hello”
And I melt
Feeling things I’ve never felt
Butterflies inhabiting the pit of my
stomach & my chest
We exchange scent recognition of
each others flesh
Exploring each others karma’s &
each others spirit mind
As if we knew we were looking for one
another before time knew there was time
But we didn’t touch…not with our hands
We touched with our conversation &
our intellect
Our comma, period, apostrophe poetry
sex
And like flames, we were engulfed by
satisfaction
Like black linked to beautiful…. Just
captured in this attraction

YeYo (Melanie)

This one just came up & out fam…
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No, he’s simply mistaken…
He really does love me
He loves the caress of my palm
as much as I love his
He loves the texture of my hair
& the tone of my skin
He tosses & turns at night
when I’m not by his side
And at the mere mention of my
name, he swells with pride
He’s cried relentlessly when
we’ve had to be apart
He cherishes my everything
because he loves my heart
Yes, he is mistaken…
He really does love me
He will stand up to anyone who
gets in our way
And he always has a place for
my head to lay
He thinks of me as much as
I think of him
Days & nights in moments of
mental mayhem
YES…HE LOVES ME!!!
This has to be the case because
I can’t accept life any other way
I just can’t bare those thoughts
of being alone
All alone with my lover boy
gone…
Oh no…that won’t happen,
you see
He…he’s just mistaken…
He really does love me

YeYo (Melanie)

If I must be ash

Let me be ash of incense

Fragrant curlicues

last glance
there were petals
pastel pink
perfect
for spring
and my gaze

this time
there are gratuitous
green gyrations
under the invisible
direction of the wind

my thoughts move
as they:
hither and thither
helter skelter
reason without rhyme
a cold wind conducting
a question to my fore

drawn in and filtered
breath
blown through brass
bamboo bone circum
navigates the globe

didjeridu
blues harp
the harmonic harmony
of inhaling
and exhaling
saxophone
aerophone

blow man blow
apple them cheeks
expand diaphragm
make sound like wind
through trees
remind me
we love nature
so much
we constant
in mimicking
her sounds

Unsettled
Shaky hands
Foreboding in my gut
Can’t be still
Can’t close my eyes
Can’t decipher much
Thoughts bouncing everywhere
Can’t find the bottom anywhere
Need some solid ground
Trapped in a circle
Repetitive emotion
No exit around

YeYo (Melanie)

the caravan of men
who passed through
a thirty plus life cycle
dwindled to zero.

starved
metaphorically a desert
was my love life.

the desire to rut
to use edifices fully
sublimated by the hood
called mother.

but that was then.

this is now.

Not much explanation needed for this piece fam. All I can say is…I love her…
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Tonight, I think of my daughter…
miles & miles away that feel like
eons, universes & planets to
my heart
My, how I miss her & this pain
echoes off the empty walls of
my womb
The same womb that she
came from
I cry out loud on the bathroom
floor with my arms wrapped around
my knees pretending I’m holding her
But it is not the same
Someone please tell me what…
But what of a mother without
her child?
Vacant arms & an ache so strong
that it breaks my heart daily
And at this moment, I don’t know
when I will see her again…hold
her again
I am left to try to send love across
continents, oceans & seas…
So someone please….tell me what…
But what of a mother without
her child?

YeYo (Melanie)

Hey lover
We haven’t spoken in a while
You know, how our flesh speaks
When we’re belly to belly
And the only thing between us
is the oxygen in the air & beads
of sweat
Hey lover
I haven’t seen you in a while
You know, the shape of your silhouette
as you move to me through the darkness
And we’re nothing but shadows embracing
across a wall
Hey lover
We haven’t tasted each other in a while
You know, the flavor when our lips
touch
And your skin beneath the taste buds
of my tongue
Hey lover
We haven’t grooved in a while
You know, that melody of moans we make
And those groan undertones that float
on our breathes of life out into the
atmosphere
Hey lover
We haven’t danced in a while
You know, you two-steppin’ on my heart
And me moving to an African rhythm in
your soul
Hey lover
Where have you been?
It’s been too long…

YeYo (Melanie)