Recently, a girlfriend of mine presented a writing challenge: The ABC Poem. Basically, the poem consists of 26 lines, each line starting with a letter of the alphabet, from A to Z.
I had been so busy lately that I couldn’t do it, but after I read my girl’s (Jennifer Coissiere) poem, I was inspired to do my own.
Don’t have a title for it…but here it is!
As a young girl, I thought about the boy that would
Break through my walls and
Call my name in such a tender way that all my
Defenses would crumble around me.
Every day, every day, I would look around, hoping to
Find him, and sometimes, I thought I did though he would vanish like a
Ghost, leaving me
Haunted, hollow, and alone.
I decided not to think of the boy, the man, but to focus on my
Job, my education, my career, hence
Killing the wishful thinking, the WHAT IFs of love, of relationships. I
Lived quietly, in my box, focusing on my
Mind but
Never the heart because that would hurt, that would
Open up the truth that I was alone and wanting to be a
Part of a union with a man who would make my heart, mind, and body
Quake with a joy that’s only second to the
Redeeming love of Jesus. Just as I got used to the
Same quiet nothing of my life, he came to me,
Tantalized by the God in me, and the inner beauty that
Usurped my outer beauty. Quickly, he took up
Vacancy in my heart, wanting to love me – flaws and all as I
Willingly sought to do the same, and the feelings, the joy I feel cannot be
Xeroxed; it can only be experienced when you openly give of
Yourself and allow yourself to move beyond the
Zero of One mentality and learn to love yourself and allow others to love you back.
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