Love Poems: Vanity
[embed]https://soundcloud.com/blackloveprjct/vanity[/embed]you once said something about being a reflection of meif that is the casethen you've shown me i am beautifulblack and proudin you i see how lonely and sadand selfish i amhow strong and full of hope i amhow small i feelhow i carry my wounds like crosses toCalvary and call out my Holy Father's nameAdonai, it is finishedGolgotha weepsi use words to describe love i've only dreamed ofbut have never tasteddo not know how to givei whisper bedtime stories to lovers about past life love affairsand caresses that stop timeyou inside of meme on top of youbodies writhingin rhythms given by ancestors'we are one', you saidgrowing seedsbrown babies who will notsee the things we've seenwill not know sorrowmaybe a better family than we hadmaybe this will eat our lonelinessmaybe if we call it lovewe will forget that goodbyes come unexpectedlybut they always comeit is truei do see myself in youi recognize untold pains masked in solid shellsometimes i crumble when the morning breaksmy roots ache and stretchsomething calls to me from the fog of these bayousis it you or me?oh loveryou have shown me your true colorsyou have shown me myself in multitudesso i thank youAdonai, it is finishedGolgotha weeps