POEM: IN THE CUSTODY OF LOVE

 

 

in the custody of love

 

eat of me, drink

my brilliant eyes

and ecstatic grin

i was traveling the road of normalcy

lost to love when i detoured

deep into your mountains, there

i experienced both eagles and turtles

the savor of wild berries

blazing in my mouth,

i am breathing so hard, so hard

my heart is trying to escape confinement

at certain moments beneath your interrogation

i scream out every secret i know

strip off all my acquired manners

and dive into your eyes

reborn in a fusion of flesh

and sharp emotions rising

like a rainbow in the desert

unbelievable, miraculous

satiating, your wetness

all over my face, i leave you

i'm babbling and

dazed out of my senses

drunk from our sacred feast

dancing down the street

the smell of love all in the air

around me

 

—kalamu ya salaam