| a pallette of Terrible
 a palette of terrible beauty beyond beautybreathtakingly exotic
 stunningly gorgeous
 charisma above presence
 dreams disguised as eyes
 lips that are felonies
 killa smile as a weapon
 dimples to die for
 six foot legs
 make a blind man see
 swooning and staring
 by one and all
 breasts so perfect
 they make you st st stutter
 skin so smoove
 fashion so swag
 mischievous packaged with charm
 devious stacked on a grin
 unintentional  .... huh?
 bully mixed with coy
 witty intellect
 playful impatience
 perfect imperfections
 runway model on a mic
 slayin them all
 one in el lay
 argue kiss
 fight mua
 love sent to the sofa
 so much potential
 in this Christian sista
 these are the colors and hues
 in the terrible palette
 of a Muslim Goddess
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       | Selamawit
 On the fifth day God created beautyon the sixth day He pulled a rib from beauty
 and called her Selamawit
 I would have parted any water
 just to be with you
 As Moses fled Egypt,
 I would have made my way to you
 I would walk for 40 years
 to look upon your face
 I would come down the mountain
 with poetry about your beauty
 that only God's finger
 could etch on two tablets
 I would have defeated David
 God's greatest warrior
 to know your loving
 I would have left my 1000 wives
 to be with only you
 I would have asked Elijah
 for a double dose of your love
 I would have wrote a hundred
 more epistles about your beauty
 God would have turned back time for
 me just to be with you another day
 I woud sit in any oven, any whale
 to know your touch
 I would cut off my own hair
 to enjoy your kise...
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       | oo aah
 oo ahh { when i wave my hand, you say dis here }oo aah oo oo ahh
 { now bounce dis here like dis here }
 oo ahh oo oo ahh
 { let's roll y'all }
 to da first, ya'll, to da one
 oo aah oo oo ahh
 when i first saw your face
 my love begun
 oo ahh oo oo ahh
 to da second, y'all, to da two
 oo ahh oo oo ahh
 eyes so gorgeous, i fell into
 oo ahh oo oo ahh
 to da next, y'all, to da three
 oo ahh oo oo ahh
 your beauty, brains and badness
 i want for me
 oo ahh oo oo ahh
 to da over, y'all, to da four
 oo ahh oo oo ahh
 My Terrible, your loving
 I want more and more
 and more and more
 and more and more
 oo ahh oo oo ahh
 to da far, y'all to da five
 oo ahh oo oo ahh
 Damn it gurl, you make
 me feel so alive
 oo ahh oo oo ahh
 to da side, y'all, to da six
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       | I love you
 I love you Betam ewedihalloMedo wo, woye mewiase
 me do, ne madee nyinaa
 Ke a go rata thata thata
 ninakupenda
 uHibbuka, ana bahebak
 nkwagala
 with all of my heart
 with all of my faults
 I love you
 i have loved you
 before i knew you
 i need you so much
 i miss you more than i can say
 nafekeshignal
 mafe wo
 ke go gotpotse
 ninakukosa rohoni
 ana aftaqiduka
 nkusubwa
 i am yours
 i belong to you
 I need your love
 just to be
 just to breathe
 i love you
 please forgive me
 when I stray from your love
 i'm sorry
 betam yikerta
 mepa wo kyew
 ke kopa maitshwarelo
 samahani
 nisamehe
 'ana 'asef
 nsonyiwa
 i need only your love
 i want only your love
 only yours
 please
 betam ebaka
 mepa wo kyew
 tswee-ts...
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       | Forgiveness
 Forgivenessall's forgiven
 love conquers all
 just cliches? not if you love
 just words? notions? ideas? metaphors?
 not if you truly love
 if your Love stumbles ....
 pull him up
 kiss him and dust off his shoes
 If your Love falters
 wait for her
 kiss her and compliment her
 Forgiveness should already
 be included in your Love
 not asked for
 It doesn't cost a dime
 to forgive
 just understanding, empathy
 sympathy and gentleness
 Humility and patience
 it will be given back
 deep deep care
 high unbending respect
 it will be given back
 imperfect Love
 is better than perfect Love
 mistake free Love
 is a myth .... a poem .... a unicorn
 It is Forgiveness that sets Love free
 Not Love that sets forgiveness free
 when your Love has his head down low
 and begs you for forgiveness<...
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       | Chaos of Love
 Our Chaos of Love It is not the chaos of control in Love we preferIt is the control that chaos brings in Love we desire
 In Love we dont want control of our emotions
 we desire emotional chaos
 Not chaos like an angry riot
 but the happiness and excitement
 of emotional pandemonium
 Like when one first sits and eyes
 all of the Christmas presents under the tree
 We dont know which to open first
 and play with first
 Like going through the gates of Disneyland
 for the first time
 and not knowing which ride to go on first
 Like opening a two pound box of See's candies
 and not knowing which to eat first
 It is this instant of bliss that is sought
 It is this craziness of raw Chaos
 of not knowing which pleasure Love will bring next
 When Love is right and righteous
 It needs no control
 We want to unleash, to release, to free our Loves
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       | Breath
 Breath It is said that one needs air to liveit is Love that I need to breathe
 I can not go on with my being
 without your Love to survive me
 Your sincere and deep Love has kept me alive
 not just existing
 it has been your loyalty of Love
 thru thick and thicker
 that has filled my lungs
 my very soul has been resuscitated
 by your absolute of Love
 nothing has kept your Love
 from getting to my heart
 You are my breath
 my necessity of life
 what I need for living
 when I didn't want to breathe
 you did for me
 How can I go on
 without your Love to breathe?
 How do I have a tomorrow
 if you were not here yesterday?
 You never left me
 Even when I left you
 Your true Love is my
 Substance of Life
 You are my new Love
 that really is my old Love
 You are my breath
 my inspiration of diligence...
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       | Precious LTL
 Love So precious is Life, Time and Love.So unappreciated is Life, Time and Love.
 So many times I have not thanked God for them.
 I beg God for forgiveness for my sins.
 So many times I have fallen short.
 But, God still blesses me
 with my Life, Time and Love.
 So precious is Life, Time and Love.
 
 I go about my days like I am entitled to all.
 I walk around like all will be forever.
 They are so different
 and yet they are so alike.
 So connected.
 I have lost my life and thought any love with it.
 I have lost loves and I thought my life with it.
 I have lost Times without Love in it.
 I have lost Times without Life in it.
 What is Life without Loves, a love, being loved ?
 I want Love so much,
 then don't appreciate Time when given.
 I ask God for only one Love,
 &n...
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       | An old friend
 friend It was by destined accident that I came about an old relationship of mine, not that long ago. He happened to be right where I was going to bump into him. He asked me if I wouldn't mind sitting down and listening to a nice story of his, so I said "Sure, why not," to my long time acquaintance and I took a comfortable seat in anticipation of his narrative.He seemed to have two expected spots ready for such an unexpected occasion.
 It has been a while of whiles since I have spent time with this good friend of mine and he has always proven to be a loyal and faithful buddy through yesterdays filled with tomorrows. I regrettably have only said a few rushed words to him in what now seems to be histories of histories.
 I admit that we used to have a very strong bond once and that our communications since have really only been one-sided empty monologues from me. But, my old trusted friend has asked me to honor him with just one more again ...
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       | Dominion of Love
 Dominion of Love There was a time before Timewas even called Time
 What was then, was and never changed
 Then God loved Man
 and a new Time was above Time
 and a time above
 What wasn't before, now had existence
 God blessed Man with Dominion
 now Time was raw, pure with direction
 and directionless
 and it was beside itself and before itself
 below itself and by itself
 In itself changing what was before
 Dominion was filling and emptying
 at the same time
 It ruled existence on both sides of itself
 inside and out
 this space of Time and this time of Space
 was different
 The difference in the difference
 in Time and Space
 was Love
 not just Love, but the Dominion of Love
 Space had a new time
 and Time had a new space
 What was .... now wasn't
 and never would be again
 
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