Valentine by John Fuller.

The things about you I appreciate

May seem indelicate:

I'd like to find you in the shower

And chase the soap for half an hour.

I'd like to have you in my power

And see your eyes dilate.

I'd like to have your back to scour

And other parts to lubricate.

Sometimes I feel it is my fate

To chase you screaming up a tower

Or make you cower

By asking you to differentiate

Nietzsche from Schopenhauer.

I'd like successfully to guess your weight

And win you at a fete.

I'd like to offer you a flower.

I like the hair upon your shoulders,

Falling like water over boulders.

I like the shoulders, too: they are essential.

Your collar-bones have great potential

(I'd like all your particulars in folders

Marked _Confidential_).

I like your cheeks, I like your nose,

I like the way your lips disclose

The neat arrangement of your teeth

(Half above and half beneath)

In rows.

I like your eyes, I like their fringes.

The way they focus on me gives me twinges.

Your upper arms drive me berserk.

I like the way your elbows work,

On hinges.

I like your wrists, I like your glands,

I like the fingers on your hands.

I'd like to teach them how to count,

And certain things we might exchange,

Something familiar for something strange.

I'd like to give you just the right amount

And get some change.

I like it when you tilt your cheek up.

I like the way you nod and hold a teacup.

I like your legs when you unwind them.

Even in trousers I don't mind them.

I like each softly-moulded kneecap.

I like the little crease behind them.

I'd always know, without recap,

Where to find them.

I like the sculpture of your ears.

I like the way your profile disappears

Whenever you decide to turn and face me.

I'd like to cross two hemispheres

And have you chase me.

I'd like to smuggle you across frontiers

Or sail with you at night into Tangiers.

I'd like you to embrace me.

I'd like to see you ironing your skirt

And cancelling other dates.

I'd like to button up your shirt.

I like the way your chest inflates.

I'd like to soothe you when you're hurt

Or frightened senseless by invertebrates.

I'd like you even if you were malign

And had a yen for sudden homicide.

I'd let you put insecticide

Into my wine.

I'd even like you if you were the Bride

Of Frankenstein

Or something ghoulish out of Mamoulian's

_Jekyll and Hyde_.

I'd even like you as my Julian

Of Norwich or Cathleen ni Houlihan.

How melodramatic

If you were something muttering in attics

Like Mrs Rochester or a student of Boolean

Mathematics.

You are the end of self-abuse.

You are the eternal feminine.

I'd like to find a good excuse

To call on you and find you in.

I'd like to put my hand beneath your chin,

And see you grin.

I'd like to taste your Charlotte Russe,

I'd like to feel my lips upon your skin,

I'd like to make you reproduce.

I'd like you in my confidence.

I'd like to be your second look.

I'd like to let you try the French Defence

And mate you with my rook.

I'd like to be your preference

And hence

I'd like to be around when you unhook.

I'd like to be your only audience,

The final name in your appointment book,

Your future tense.

Some day , someday

One day
Some day
Let's say on the 11th of August
I don't know
Whenever

Someday
Any day
When I'm gray and old
Together

Some day
A specific day
In the future
Of the day , I knew

Someday
Ill be in your arms
And you in mine
Some day , someday

The Cure

He is the cure
To this disease
He is the answer
To all my questions

Nothing can compare
To the feel of his arms
Nothing more precious
To me than his eyes

He is the cure
The god of my idolatry
The one I adore .

Let Me

Let me touch you
Feel you
Let me kiss you
Taste you
Let me smell you
Inhale you
Let me listen to you
Hear you
Let me meet you
See you
Let me leave you
Miss you
Let me know you
Learn you
Let me read you
Poetize you
Let me make it right
Good to you
Let me inside
Know you
Let me
Love you.

He was the one

Every girl has one man
Who taught her to cry
Who taught her how to kiss

He was the one
Who taught me to cry
Who taught me to kiss

Now he wonders right now
Wonders how I learnt
Not to cry

He wonders where
I learnt to kiss
The way I kiss him now

He was the one
Who taught me to love
Who brought me to you

You to me

The sky is blue
Wisdom is true
You to me
Everything

One plus one is two
Mathematics
Me and you are pronouns
English

Mountains are high
Wells dry
But love for you
Will never be hard to reach

My eyes and your eyes
Aligned.
My face and your face
Perfection

So it is , that you and me
Equals one and two
And certain words we may share
Go beyond language

Tell me , what I should be?

Should I be utterly ruthless
Use my feminine power
And make you scour
Squirm in my power

Perhaps I should be a liar
Make you think night is day
Ying is yang , wrong is right

Should i badger or flatter you
And tell you that I get lost in your eyes
Or push you away , when playing games
Should I be like a fisherman with a bait

Should I argue with you
Give you two sided arguments
List my strengths and weaknesses
You're crazy to let me go

Should I cajole you
Lend you a bony shoulder
Maybe I should bluff
Just to watch you blush

What should I do?
Wheedle , nag , terrorize
Be sweet or hostile
Be siding , taking me as I am.

A million little pieces

An old mirror with dark spots
A piece of paper with black spots
Old.
Ruined.

Fear no man , have reference for God
The only one with power to destroy the soul
Thank God , for I fear
I would do anything for you

A long time between lovers
Latitudes and longitudes
A life of merely living
The compass has two arms : east or west

A glass is cracked
The price is right
Broken.
Overpriced.

The grass is so green , can you smell it
Possibility of falling into a pit
Nature.
Despair.

So it is , that my heart is
That I am
Broken
Into a million little pieces.

ENOUGH

I have to let you go
Please do no say I did not put up a fight
The more I held on , the more you slipped away
If I continue at this present tense
I might blight my soul with sadness
As much as I love you
I should and must consider myself
I cannot watch myself waste away
You found it easy to love again
At least one of us is
As much as my intentions are good
We were dysfunctional
Sometimes I feel like my heart
Won't let go , of you
But it has to
I wonder if  i'll ever love again
The way I loved you
I cannot imagine loving more than this
More than pain , suffering
More than anything
More than everything
But you are happy now
As long as the sun shines or babies laugh
I'll mange somehow.
Enough , enough now.

A Kiss

The first time we kissed
I knew there and then
That I never wanted to kiss
Any other lips but yours again

How heavy is the might of souls
That drew me to you
Stripping hearts naked
Leaving them bare for cupid's bow

Breathing you ,
The air went straight to my heart
Your strong arms , passing into my mind
My voice murmurs while my heart roars

There is a presence here that cannot be ignored
I can feel you in my very core
Impelling me into bliss
Your kiss.


A kiss of life
It was the kiss
It blew me away
It didn't need words
To express

For a moment , a tiny fraction of my life
I experienced complete and utter bliss
Shivers up to my neck
The world as I knew It was perfect

Kismet , lovelorn , forbidden , tragic
Perfection was lost
The most passionate kiss
Turned into
A goodbye kiss.
x.

Should I stay , should I go?

I find myself , at the present time
Thinking of reasons and rhymes
Why it makes sense to love you
Like this

I could hate you , after it all
But then I forget so quickly
But here is the joke sweetheart
I love you so much more , than I can hate you
So much so

Ive been going on strolls and walks
Ive been trying to forget
Gentlemen with traits
You could never possess
Wealth , gentility and looks

See I would trade
All their good looks
For your boyish charm
Or their money and cars
For maize on the street or a matatu ride
With you.

But it is what it is
It's through , for you
And me , except for the part
That I love you
Should I stay or should I go?

Those Shoulders

Those shoulders , made me paper
Like a beautiful flower and a bee
Why did it have to be me
Isn't that the cliche of attraction
Natures prerogative

Something in the way he walks
You should see him when he talks
We got to talking , and couldn't stop
We talked of everything and of nothing
Had I known the end , but at present

A present I liked him
He made me laugh
Made me nervous
Made me swallow words
It was a terrible paradox

Even in a matatu , I'd wonder
If I'd see Mr. Mysterious , I'd ponder
When around him I'd get into a daze
As one completely lost in a maze
I was not thinking clearly , I was in a haze

Those shoulders , would later
Be the beginning and the end
Of the meaning of a heart break
Which time would eventually heal
Slowly and slowly , the pain peeled

Black shirt , wide shoulders
I did see , once again
Standing like huge boulders
Those shoulders.

He is a dream

He is a dream , my true love
Who dares not show his face to me
In the living day ,
So while I shut my eyes to sleep
I see him.

Yes , he is my dream
So you cannot say this or that
It is my dream
And I shall have it
As I like it

Oh , when the closets of my mind
I remember , his face , his smile
His voice , his eyes or his lies
I remember him , though it tries
To forgive a dream

He is a dream , my dream
So flattering sweet , so desperately beautiful
When I shut my eyes , heaven shines
To dream him .
My dream.

Enemies of the Heart

Thinking of you
Is both a pleasure and a pain
Losing you was all hell to bear
Friends and the rest , cannot understand
Or fathom the unfathomable
Saw fit to meddle with me
And meddle they did
I do not say , seek one with fault
To blame , them
For truth be told
I am at fault
So quickly angered I was
So quickly persuaded I was
About your flaws
Now you are gone
How can they know , what I am feeling?
False hood , for they would sooner
Grudge that we never met
So would I , come to that
It would be simpler
For I have forgotten that word
That state of being
They would flee from the depth of love I have for you
I would do anything for you , did they know?
Or they did just guess and dismiss
It as infatuation
Letters to the Editor of the Gossip Column
If only I ignored them
If only I wasn't easily mislead
By cunning hurtful tongues
Talking amongst themselves , forked tongues
Wicked hearts
Arrogantly celebrating the fall of loved ones

In the garden of my love

In the garden of my love
I feel the wind swaying the green leaves
At noon
The morning air , that lingered so chilly
So fresh
Let's the noon heat in, and the wind is soothing
I sit here under the tree from the bareness of the sun
In the garden of my love.

The wind blows cool air into my eyes
Oh , am I tearing up?
My eyes are blurred , I start so see things
Colours , bright blue as the sky
Green, as green as the grass
I see you , walking towards me
I shield my eyes from the harsh light
But I cannot hide my happiness and eagerness to see you
My first instinct , is to jump and run
But there I sit , rooted to the spot
In the garden of my love.

The wind blows away
And you are gone
Like a flash
The wind is swaying the green leaves at noon
So soon it is half a day
The heat rests in the west , slowly
The light starts to say
Goodbye
I sit there still , waiting for you
Waiting for you to reappear
The heat that lingered on , so hot
The wind that blew , so breezy
Is gone , and so are you
Twilight turns into dark
A cold wind , sends shivers
It is so dark , I cannot see a thing
Save for the heavens above me
But here I remain
In the garden of my love
You are my morning , noon and night
The grass , trees , flowers , bees
You are everything in it.

Ash

I am ash
I am dust
I am spent
Relieve me here
We came laughing together
Now I'm crying altogether
You came
You saw
You conquered
Where are you?
Are you coming back?
So I am ash , dust
Spent.
Without you.
Nothing.

As soon as

As soon as I earn
All there is to learn
From life
Ill strife


As soon as I begin
To hold my emotions in
In a shelf
From myself

As soon as I grow
Bitterly as a crow
Ill know
Somehow

As soon as I
Perhaps
Maybe
Uncertainty.

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