D.Greaves http://dgreaves.posterous.com Well Veresed. Never Rehearsed. posterous.com Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:57:00 -0800 MENTAL BOMB BLAST (i.e. the end of innocence) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/mental-bomb-blast-ie-the-end-of-innocence http://dgreaves.posterous.com/mental-bomb-blast-ie-the-end-of-innocence

Blackman

It's a Friday night

and here I am

Damn!

trying to recover enough mental ram

2 convince myself that I am myself

despite the last

22 hours

2 minuets

and 22 seconds

aka

the half life of a mental atomic bomb blast

but I'm real enough 2 know

ain't no flags gonna fly at half mast

not for a fool

they only make statues of them

with a gold tear placed

2 honor every tear he shed

right David Ruffin

that man sang that song like he once posed

4 the sculptor of the statue

I ain't posin 4 a damn statue

but I will seek a statute of limitations

on my heart's deprivation

maybe I will find a sympathetic judge

lest you be judged right baby

but right now you ain't worrying about me

you probably eating fudge

because

I was the one who said it's over

and why

I can't deny

once the words escaped my mouth

I wondered what the heck you sayin Dee

but yeah

it was me

see

I always prefer a quick death

2 a long drawn out homily

all that leaves is more animosity

than you're feeling right now

I was taught a man accepts

blame 4 being

it doesn't matter what his lady says

or what she is seeing

because anger makes a woman's eyes

lie

and say things she can't quantify

men have always said it's a woman being

emotional

and as a man you have two choices

smoke a dub

go 2 the club

and drown your pain

in the healing game

i.e.

find a femme

fuck a femme

or say

but that ain't me

I let my Playa Card expire

in my grandiose delusions

I thought

yes thought

despite my obvious faults

that I was represneting

the

Black Male Aesthetic

or more accurately defined as

the study of sensori-emotional values

Big azz VAL on the youse

sometimes called judgement of sentiment

i.e.

being a predator is easy

4 men like me

but my word is my veracity

my bond

ain't no magic wand

gonna cure all that a heart accumulates

not when stake after stake

has been driven into its center

funny what a person remembers at times like this

a teacher in high school once said

in describing the impact and power of an atomic blast

that sand fuses into glass

I wonder if it's the kind of glass you can

toast life with

or if it reflects a life at the epicenter of a mental bomb blast

I seem 2 recall I did rather well in his class

never wanted the bell 2 ring

or the history lessons 2 end

you see

history or her-story is a friend

that will, in times of emergency

defend

motives and debunk assumptions

so with the resumption

of your life, and yes it will commence

the hurt doesn't just dissipate

but the pain makes sense

everybody who been down that road

shake your head one time

in the affirmative

like yes I can

yes I will

no I won't

no I can't

yes I can live and love again

yes I will believe in the power of love

no I won't be afraid of being hurt by love again

no I can't stop believing in the power of love 2 heal

truth be told my love is not incarcerated

but it is out on apppeal

so

check it out dawg

it's a Friday night

and my main man just called

asked whazzup

I said everything and nothing Bond

he sighed

and said quitely

yo..time 2 ride

or emotionally die

so I'm going out

but I've put myself on emotional house arrest

so I got the ankle joint

what's the point

motivation and expectation man

see

I have made it this far being Dee

not predatory

I mean

damn the club does have a Unisex lavatory

i.e.

woman and man

like a helluva lot mo goings onwnnn up in 'dere than

ummmm...washing hands

like glands

and..y'all get the picture

my mental restrictor

ain't but 4 one reason and one reason only

because when a dude is in predatory mode

all he wanna do is find a femme

and..ahem

shoot his load

and man I don't wanna see the hurt on another woman's face

the disgrace

when she wakes

and I'm like you ready to leave

trust and believe

I'm tempted as Hey-yell

but she

i.e.

the prey

might just say

around mid day

why did you hurt me like this

what did I do 2 deserve this.....disssss

and I would ask myself

Brotha Dee

what happened 2 class

and dignity

and respect

so I am gonna come correct

no pun or fun intended at all

the game

that's what it's called

but dawg

it ain't a damn game

when a woman is tryin 2 find her panties

hangin her head in shame

nah..

then it's real as rain

and just as fuckin slippery

i.e.

slimy

slithery

fake

like a maa'fuckin snake

in the garden of good and evil

and I gots 2 be good

'cuz see

I'm on appeal

and God is the judge

lest I be judged

unworthy of being

DEE

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Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:35:00 -0800 A LADY DEVINE (4 MY LOVE) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/a-lady-devine-4-my-love http://dgreaves.posterous.com/a-lady-devine-4-my-love

Male

She hears the careless whispers

when you're sleeping

no promise you're keeping

she does not hear

and she weeps 4 your heart when it is breaking

stops 2 dry her tears

in the Venusian atmosphere

 

Nature became her sacristy

the vestments of her nobility

are Sacredly stored

and when wine in poured

as homage 2 the Savior

earth savors

her aftertaste on the cusp of dawn

 

Heaven and earth move in Sacred places

traces

of her perfume

linger in the void of limitless space

the Father of the family

the 1st among all equals

has blessed you with a prequel

starring her as your bride

 

Mountains rise 2 praise her

the incoming tide is resltess

waiting 4 her to smile

and her child

the sun produces a solar storm

so her entry into your cosmos

will be warmed

 

Bioluminescence glows

so beautifully on the darkest night

as she takes you on a journey

across the sea

4 water reveals true love in its purity

of all that's past

and what shall be

 

The power within the force of nature

venerate her as Mana

the supernatural power of the stars

and as Mars

turns red with jealousy

she blesses you with

her passionate divinity

 

AND IN YOUR SOLITARY SILENCE

YOU WILL LISTEN

FOR SNOW MELT DRIPPING ON ICICLES

SOUNDING THE CHIME

AND THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORTHY

2 BE LOVED EVERLASTING

BY A LADY DEVINE

 

She is known as Orenda of the Iriquois Nation

Manitou of the Algonquin

provided by the spirits all elements

are within her sweet embrace

and when you make love 2 her

you will perform slowly

4 such transcendental moments

cannot be in haste

 

She is known as Mulungu Imana

in tales of ancient Africa

the beautiful barakah of the Arab world

before Christ was born

deemed she was gypsy moon of sun and rainbows

ruler of all the land

before the continets were torn

 

And when the earth emerged out of chaos

she aligned the constellations

in perfect harmony

so men could one day aspire

to follow the nothern stars

leading 2 the birth of the Messiah

 

When Heaven was but God's animation

her sweet chorus illuminated the celestial bodies

lighting the Father's home

concepts of heavenly personification

from her spiritual essence

the first seeds of life were sown

 

As a numinous being

she sends lightning 2 scorch the barren plain

in the coming anticipation

of the soothing rains

and when Aurora Borealis

lights the Northern reaches of space

comets slow 2 greet her

before continuing their galaxial chase

 

Bathed in perfect melanin

her body in absolute proportion

her absorption

of the sun's rays

light her inner being

but dare not mistreat her

4 she is the First Daughter

of the Most Omnipotent One

the All Seeing

 

AND IN YOUR SOLITARY SILENCE

YOU WILL LISTEN

4 SNOW MELT DRIPPING ON ICICLES

SOUNDING THE CHIME

AND THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORTHY

2 BE LOVED EVERLASTING

BY

A

LADY

DEVINE

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Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:52:00 -0800 ENCLOSED (a tone poem) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/enclosed-a-tone-poem http://dgreaves.posterous.com/enclosed-a-tone-poem

Lovers

Wondering in my solitude

wandering

2 and fro

finding it hard 2 speak in absolutes

yet

what I feel is apropo.

 

Kissing the shadows

left by your spirit force

longing 4 the lovliness

of your erotic source.

 

Many times

I have been blinded

by the light from your intensity

I suppose

in the throes

of my dreams

it is you I gently enclose.

 

Simple words cannot convey

true and everlasting affection

when disparate worlds collide

I run 2 you 

4 my souls protection.

 

Angels and Demons 

play a gothic symphony

yet

with you

I am free

are you 

my destiny.

 

Living

loving

lounging

in a pure stream of consciousness

I cant resist

our nightly tryst

though you remain

a shadow in the mist

when will you become

a reality

that i see

baby

I need your love

making love 2 me.

 

Pausing 2 examine

the contours of your sex

my tongue gently exploring

when your passion is totally wet

pleasing you and receiving nutriment

4 my soul

the angels sing

kiss her rose

and her soft wetness 

will enclose

upon your love.

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Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:32:00 -0800 SLEEPIN IN MY BED http://dgreaves.posterous.com/sleepin-in-my-bed http://dgreaves.posterous.com/sleepin-in-my-bed

Sleepin

Not about forgiving you baby..

I just cant get over the fact that you would believe

Someone has been sleepin in my bed

Lemme break it down..check it out

 

 

You woke me out of a sound sleep

Yelling something so damn absurd

Between your cryin

And sayin I was lyin

I couldnt get in a word

Someting about what some desperate fool said

A rumor that he heard

Now I dont blaspheme

But right here

Right now

May the spirits strike me dead

If anyone but you

has been sleepin in my bed

 

Look

I know men are prone 2 makin bad mistakes

but 

Come on baby

4 goodness sake

how can

you believe anything 

coming from that man

his plan

aint that difficult 2 figure out

okay...

the floor 

is yours

I refuse 2 speak 

over your shout

oh..i can speak now

I mean wow

baby..can still call you my baby

damn

a lady

like you

after all you have been through

We both have been

victims of the dating game

it is a 

new

zoo

revue

people  pushin 4 position

men hittin fast

women missin

hell you dont have 2 listen

2 my words

since I have been with you

check out my resume

that is all I have 2 say

and you will sho nuff see

you have been mislead

aint nobody but the dog

you bought me sleepin in my bed

 

 

Dig...

a man like myself does not have 2 lie

or even fabricate

so if you are comin at me

sayin I am bein a phony

then you are a dolla short

and a lifetime 2 late

I have been deep in the dating game

and 2 me it was insane

good women runnin 2 and fro

sleepin with nutty buddies

2 ease their pain

but

when your eyes met mine

I had 2 admit 

you were mighty fine

yet 

your mental is what forced me 

2 take a second look

I mean

we have just begun our book

and you provide

all I need

2 read

but much as I love you

I wont beg or plead

not when you have already

seen my heart bleed

4 you

 

Here you are

upset and grieving

talkin about leaving

over some loose lipped punk azz man

damn

hell yeah

I am hurt

Look

let me get ready 4 work

have a blessed day baby

I am 2 good of a man

2 have this dirt

thrown on me

one thing I have left 2 say

throughout this glorious day

think about that dudes reasons

4 trippin

I bet he wants 2 advance

and one day get into your pants

check it ..

plastic melts in the sun

and I aint the one

who has been lyin 2 you

so do what you gotta do

put me under a microscope

and at the conclusion

of this  intrusion 

on our love vibe

either you can walk away

or this shit has gotta be dead

cuz all I make love 2

is the scent of you

from 

sleepin in my bed

 

 

peace.. I am out

 

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