Daughters of Judah

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DOJ is a collection of vignettes and free verse poetry based on Shannon's life experiences with love and relationships.

These words reflect her life through the lens of  being a Black women in America that faces scrutiny and bias in every aspect of life, and romantic relationships are the most difficult it seems.  

I Need You

I need you like the earth needs the sun
Like fish need water
I don’t get to choose who
But I do need you
Like anion and cation
It’s the law right
Of attraction
Like Diego and Frida

 

I need you like Harmony needs order
And for no other reason
Its written
Like light needs dark
They coexist
So we can too
I need you
Like Alfred and Georgia

 

I need you like people need trees
This world would not exist if they didn’t
Its simple
There is no me without you
Don’t you see I need you
Like Barack and Michelle

 

 

 

PURE

 

I’ll give him 92% of the purest love

The kind of love that manifests

seals fates

That divine fate

I only need the 8% to walk away

When he’s mad at me

Or thinks I’m capable of doing him wrong

Or if he decides he doesn’t love me anymore

 

KISS

 

Was it a dream I ask
See, I was sleep
It's power knows no bounds
It's sweetness is everlasting

A tender kiss it was
His lips pressed against mine
Breaking through my mind field
Like he walked through land mines

To bring me to him
He possessed us both
In that moment
I arose

Only for just a hazy moment
I became aware
And I wanted more
he always pulls away

Energy doesn't lie
It tells a story
Of lovers
Of souls

left without my other half
The connection was lost
But his presence was there
On my lips, he was there

 

FADED

 

And when he has done the damage
It won't be easy but I'll recover
lonely days without him
And moving on
I'll struggle to remember who he was

I can't picture him
I can't remember what he looks like
His image doesn't appear in my mind
His face has no form anymore
He has simply faded away 

 

 

 

WHAT’S INSIDE COUNTS

 

 

If we are indeed made in his image

aren’t we masterpieces?

classic

timeless

crafted by the expert of all things

made up of the finest material

He ever created

 

what matters most is what

the creator puts inside

all the pieces moving in tandem

it sustains every fiber of our being

 

We are the masterpieces that never stop

until we stray from the pattern

sometimes are crafted pieces

get out of alignment

So we must stay true to our maker

It is what truly matters

What’s inside

 

 

Well...

 

You say I left you

How can that be though

I've been in the same place

For the past five years

Same routine, different day

In the coldest of winters

And the hottest of summers

Just me, vibing in my own lil world

Oblivious to what others are plotting

While bathing in my own resilience

And waiting on what's next

 

I have not gone anywhere

I've been here, observing, thinking

sulking, wondering

What's really going on

These are strange times

The time passes, the memories fade

 

Only one I hold near

One memory that will never fade

As I slept peacefully

The soft touch of your lips

Still linger

The passion still burns

The fire was lit

 

Something stirred inside me

I was slowly waking up

the desire was building

I lifted my head a lil

but your touch was gone

opened my eyes only for a moment

To find I'm the only one here