Can I pick you up at 8?

A love analogy (using cats and dogs)

I'm similar to a dog, in how I give and receive affection

Waiting by the door in anticipation of your selection 

Of me…I’m always glad to see you, no matter your mood

Whether you’re happy to see me, or forget to bring me food

As opposites attract

I fell in love with a cat!

And as fate would deem, our kitten/puppy mix

Is more feline than canine, what a twist!

As the only dog in our residence, it took me years to see

That their apathy towards me

Isn’t for malice or spite

Cats just love differently, though try as you might

To change their very nature, you’re in for a fight!

After a cat consumes its fill of your affection 

And no longer wants or needs your connection 

A cat’s desire for solitude 

Is as strong as a dog’s need to be viewed

Ode to Hip Hop - 50th Anniversary

Ode to Hip Hop!

So funky, like old crusty toes exposed in flip-flops! 

50 years in the making, 

Shakin’ ‘em up, breakin’ ‘em up, all yours for the taking

They love the taste, but hate how it’s made, like bacon!

Anything is possible with a M.C., DJ, graffiti, and cardboard on the floor

Rushing the door

Because they won’t just let us in, please insert your…

Favorite luxury car and brand of vodka or gin

What’s beef?

Blinged out with a mouth full of gold teeth

Sucker MCs can’t even compete with these… rhymes

Remember the times?

When you heard the latest jawn’ first drop on your favorite radio station?

Popped in a cassette and pressed record with no time wasting?

Callin’ errbody into the room 

Soon, booties started shaking and moving all ar...

Won’t you be mine?

Earlier this morning in bed, I held you close

Grateful for your presence, I wondered what I love about you the most

More than being the mother of our incredible kid and my best friend

I appreciate all of your support and how you never let me win

Whenever we play Scrabble, Words with Friends, or even Battleship!

Distracted as my hand rubs your hip

Without words I ask, ‘Won’t you be mine?’ with a soft kiss

You reply, ‘Silly, I’m already yours!’

Time spent from love making to sharing chores

There’s no other place else that I’d rather be

As long as you’re here with me.

Magnificent abyss

I’ve explored vast galaxies, within your cosmic brown eyes

I spent years studying your constellations, decades later I finally got wise

So if I ever became blinded

I tried to describe what I found, so that the world could be reminded

Of your magnificent abyss

If anyone ever asks what beauty is, just show them this

Can I pick you up at 8?

When we first met you’d just turned 20

Then you spoke and the weather changed from rain to partly sunny

The wind blew your hair to the side

And I caught a glimpse of the future in your eyes

On a boat for a Marine Biology class, I asked where you were from, you said Queens

A Sam Cooke song popped in my head, sung by Prince Akeem!

Senior year of college, we studied and dated in between 

Both getting A’s and B’s in our Biology classes, that semester was like a dream!

I wished that we’d met sooner, but here’s the funny thing

Fate made us wait, I had a different major as a Freshman and you were just 16!

I’d seen you around campus but we both had different scenes

I recall saying hello in passing as we’d both come and go

After few weeks of studying together, I asked if you’d like to see a show

20th Wedding Anniversary

Made it past security 

Waiting for our flight

Dreamt about maturity

Now it’s my everyday life

The world in the palm of my hand

Time flies whenever I’m with my wife

Seconds pulled by gravity like sand

In an hour glass - her figure

Keeps me mesmerized

But my lust for her wit makes me bigger

She caught my shine in her moon bright eyes

Heading to Havana, Cuba on Vacation

20 year wedding anniversary celebrating

Formula K

We have a simple chemistry,
Like Bunsen Burners and beakers,
You are music to my ears like stereo speakers,
I've memorized two-thirds of your curves,
This feeling transcends adjectives and verbs,
Can't quantify it in numbers, so I'm left with just words,
Love is a tangible concept made of elemental matter,
Each sense can only bond for seconds, then instantly shatters,
Your touch is a rush with adrenaline and shocks like electric static,
Your taste is sweet and sour - very pragmatic,
Seeing you is reflection of beauty, and I can watch for hours,
Your sound is subtle, like taps on the window pane from rain showers,
Your aroma is exotic like mango and vanilla.

Love

Love, your affirmation is fulfilling,
Surrender my heart to you I'm willing,
To cherish this union,
I love what we're doing,
Love, as this romance was blooming,
I told my mom that you was the one,
My boys knew I was done,
Weeks before we engaged in coitus,
Across from you at dinner, I'd first notice,
That I needed you for the rest of my life,
I'm glad that you choose me too,
I vow to say everyday, that I love you.
For my wife of 16 years, Keisha
 

Love is like fruit juice

Love is like orange juice, when you don't have it, you want and see the use, so you grab it, pursue it, open it, and drink it, after it quenchs, you start to get pensive, crap, now you feel trapped, and suddenly have a taste for grape juice...

How I met my wife

She said she wanted to know me,

I told her to look up Ptolemy,

Weeks later after she read Almagest,

She was impressed and confused, then confessed,

Though she barely knew me, she felt like she might love me,

I felt the same, so I asked her her name,

She said her friends call her K, but I could call her Keisha,

I laughed and said, “I’m Jason, its nice you meet ya”,

Though my game was weak, she looked past my rap,

We shared a two classes and Chemistry lab,

When we went to the library to study, I’d carry her bag,

For hours, we'd walk around Hampton University's campus,

Just talking, I dug her style - her Chuck T’s were canvas,

Sitting across from her in the cafeteria as we dined,

I started plotting for ways to make her mine,

So I asked for her dreams, memories, and sec...