And Then There Was You

There was love and then there was you —

A gentle reminder of the depths of creation; Of the expansiveness of feeling

A memory, a mood —

Reminiscent of days laced with sunshine, nighttime skies filled with the glitter of stars and orbs of moonlight

There was love and then there was you —

Slow brewed manifestation Mason jar full of deep brown sun-tea

Organic —

Rooted in ancestral callings Gathered in the name of soul ministry Evoking foreign tongues to walk across our bodies born of the Motherland

Hands rhythmically gathered to clap out the pulse of a heart beat.

There was love and then there was you —

A revival of the life that lives inside of me Of the intention required to build up an empire

A gentle reminder —

Of shared dreams and desires

A gentle reminder—

to slow down and give a little to and from a gourd that spills out from the mouth of Jordan

There was love and then there was — energy

There was love and then there was — soul speak

There was love and then there was — an exchange of frequencies

Bittersweet short lived memories Just shy of ecstasy

There was love and then there was absence

There was love and then there was an eclipsing shadow of past truths born-again

There was love and then there was you —

Unadulterated expression of life force Called to traverse upon a space-time continuum — constantly evolving

Too fast. Too slow. Slow down. Keep up.

Lull me into a black hole.

Love me until I can feel it channel forth and back into thirteen generations of tribal ritual

Reflect back to me visions of your body — bare.

Bear witness to my nature — expansive.

There was love and then there was you —

A gentle reminder of the depths of creation.

©2020 Sankofa B. Soleil