Poem for my Reluctant Lover

Poet Marvin X reading

University of Chicago, 2015

Poem for my Reluctant Lover

She said I could pick her out in a crowd

And so I did one day

thousands of people passed

just a coincidence I was looking

when she passed

it wasn't her face

her body

our energy connected that instant

Oh, the power of Divine

I called her name

she turned and came into my arms

said she would come my way tomorrow

maybe spend a moment or two

reluctant lover

black velvet goddess

high priestess of my soul

have we denied our Lord

What commandments of my Lord

shall I deny

Oh, Black Queen goddess

if you deny me on earth

I shall meet you in heaven

will you deny me in our Father's House?

Let love flow like water 

sacred springs

let rivers of love flow between two spirits

let steel sharpen steel

let honesty and truth come together

let intelligence, beauty wisdom unite

let us shake the universe with our love

if only for a moment

what is life but moments

a collection of moments

some moments are lighter than a feather

some moments are higher than Mt. Kilimanjaro.  

--Marvin X

7/28/18

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