photo by Alex Lear
Sometimes when i hear
thunder, i think of you
your shuddering
intensity
shaking me
like embracing
rumbling
summer thunder
the lightening
of your spent smile
tenderly tattooed
into the hollow
of my neck
the feel of you
beneath the pulsing
rain of my rhythms —
rocking
like waves
wetter
than water
—kalamu ya salaam