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He would go miles and let loose 100 untaimed horses to run in a path that lead him to me. I will be waiting because this man was the prayer I prayed at night when the time was set to 12 and the sky would tell me that I was alone.
He snatch my soul with his gentleness.
He has a sudden smoothness on his tongue and the way he speaks to me was greater than just whispers but just right. He had a tone, not light not heavy. But worthy of my ears, so I listened to every mild word he had spoken that night. Nothing from his lips made me weak but every word shouted to me, “Strong Respectful Black Man…†he had a women with so many words on her mind.. shut and still. Even the insecure, worried, always to outspoken lady would be stiff to his words. I was calm to catch every bit of him.
Even his walk has strength. So masculine was he. With his brown skin and arms used to lift me up from where I was to where he is. He never kept me below him. He knows where his queen should stand, right next to faith, close to God’s grace, for security and love always.
Time was nonexistent.
As we age, we would find ourselves more in the hands of each other. Closer never far from what we have always been. One man one woMan. Made from him I am his strength, made for me, he kept me balanced. We both see the sun at the same time each morning, and at night the moon will shine down and no longer remind me that I am alone. But I share this with my love now. I have a blanket that wraps me warm, covers the freckles on my back, and says “I love you†before my mind fades clear and before my eyes close.
He snatched my soul with his intelligence.
Humble but wise he knew how to uncross criss crossed roads and move on to the better because he knows that his purpose was not to entertain those who are less than who he is. He has no shame in laughter, and when he makes me laugh everything in the world gives back to me a happy radiance that I intake and makes me glow with wonders of 1000 thoughts, that positive thinkers can share. I believe he was sent to save me from the downs that I was once in.
The drowning I had put myself in.
He had to Lift me from the sea before I was gone. On to safety, I was patient but no longer had to be. He is the captain of my sea.
