Love Poem: I Write
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Written by: Bintu Kabba

I Write

I write because I’m motivated by life
It consumes my inner depths and expands my reality
To form a silhouette with little solidarity
The other night there were things that I could not reveal with dancing 
words……………………………………
So I wrote.
I wrote all the images that could not be displayed
I painted letters on canvas and spelled out your name
I engaged all my senses as I scribbled down relentless rhyme
I created rhythm and blues as I flashbacked into time
When I was a girl and you were not yet the man of today
A stranger to one another’s existence, yet preparing for an unforeseen day
The seconds, minutes, rather hours that God would spend leading our paths
To cross upon a road where there would be a dead end
For I say ‘dead end’ because we cannot pretend
Someone will feel pain at the cost of another’s happiness
Just loving you could be blasphemous…………………………………
So I wrote.
I wrote about my mahogany delight
Friends in the daytime………………….Lovers into the night
I touched myself and exhaled as I yearned for kiss
I’m reassured in my womanhood when you lick my lips
I write about the future.
You, I, and some children of our own
But then a voice denies me of those thoughts because the future is not yet known
I write about trusting a man.
With my mind, body, and soul
I write to contain my sanity and keep hope that you’ll never let go.