Original Poetry

Okay, so I was thinking that I don't have to blog only when there's something I want to talk about. I can also use this as a way to write and display my original poetry. I thought about that when I was listening to a poetry cd by my boy in my car, as I was driving to pick up my roommate from the airport. The following are some original pieces of mine, and hopefully, more original pieces will follow. Not as strong in poetry as my boy, but I think they're okay. Hope you enjoy...

I wrote the following piece(circa mid 90's) for someone I really liked named Dilcia..they call her Dee Dee


If Only To Be With You

now if I could change the alphabet
i would put "U" and "I" together
"A" and "L" would never be letters
you need concern yourself with
all the mo' better,
blues..
you see, I guess you could say I gotta love jones
or didn't you know, for the shade of two-tone
of a lady born of African & Dominican
mixed like some juice and gin, on my tongue
I want to taste you
and savor something far more greater
than Baskin Robbin's 31 flavors
and not to be biting on Lauryn
but the sweetest thing i can ever see
is your divine and delicate face in front of me
the hell with your man, whoever it may be
because I'm no longer wanting to continue the disguise
of quick glances to you when i pass you by
but rather to act upon my instincts
of trying to bridge a common link
or bond,
between us,
of trust, love, and lust
and if Ginuwine rides the pony, then i ride the stallion
ain't no troop, platoon, or army batallion
can stop me from going after the medallion
the prize
of 'yes, Chris" in your eyes
those two words that you could say to me
i could take as my untarnished trophy
and how is it that you choose to have your love served
may i take your order
let's see, a couple served
1 of me
1 of dee
and um, let me see
oh yes, an order of this romeo beyond all compare
never 2 many small ways to show i care
1 largely devoted man who you can roll and be down with
hold the games, the lies, the cheating, and all the bullshit
and a satisfaction guarantee
to fulfill your every need
and that's not to go, but for here, to stay
now & forever
give you my everything, to treat you as my national treasure
baby, you don't ask for much at all
outside of wanting to be treated like Cinderella at her ball
and if that will be all i gotta do to make you mine
well just direct me to the dotted line
where i sign
your name across my heart
because you see, it wouldn't be any problem for me
to walk the ends of the earth in countless miles
just to catch one more glimpse of your infectious smile
no hesitance, to spend one moment in your presence
but until then, in order to right the wrong,
of the prolong,
of me being with you
if only to be with you
will be my song
to keep me moving along
until the day that i am with you


i wrote the next piece dedicated to my brother Franklin Delano Reese, Jr. (1972-2000)
written the last week June 2000...


Love, Your Brother Chris

...and to the very last moment, you held
when someone whispered you were gone
and angels took flight upon heaven, add one
you had found a new home
and even as i write this
it's hard to speak what i feel
but i can say i find the greatest comfort
in knowing you are no longer ill
still my hopes were on keeping you here
my prayer, "God, help my brother please!"
for this is more than enough for one person
diagnosis - diabetes, ataxia, mitochondrial disease
limited by earthly things
chained by the sickness you wore
now you're free to run, jump, even fly to heart's content
you're at play in the fields of the Lord
SO LET YOUR SPIRIT SOAR!!
yet i'm left to handle what i feel
which right now, remains to be undone
i struggle with the thoughts that leave me
tired to lost to melancholy, shocked to feeling numb
and sometimes, feelings overwhelm
half guilt, the other half cheated coldly
because God never told me
to bang the drum slowly
we often take for granted
that tomorrow is a given
but my tears on yesterday's pain
go to show, that even today, isn't
but if there's one thing i take with me
and that's your legacy to us all
is that in life, you play the cards you're dealt
and you stand up after the falls
so i will remember how you liked to laugh
and by your WWF kings of the ring
how you enjoyed the simple pleasures in life
these were a few of your favorite things
they say the world's a stage
and in our lives, you played the biggest part
because even though you're no longer with us
you are forever in our hearts
still it's hard to find solace
in a circumstance that somehow went wrong
because half of what i was, half of what's to be
half of what i am, is forever gone
until the day i see you again
where like kids again we'll be, and more than this
signed, sealed, delivered
and i'll see you when i get there...

love,
your brother chris



the following piece is self explanatory...


Priorities

like money,
love God


the following piece was written and dedicated to Shawnte...


8.12.03

it is the birth of another dawn
a genesis, and life starts anew
but special is this day from others
because today, from you, the world takes its cue

bright star to luminous 1
the sun burns to equate to your radiance
the warmth of today is Shawnte
while the world moves to match your cadence

the beauty of u lies in the start
of doves that take flight untamed
and the spirit of them become apart
of the wind that carries your name

like a sunset flung across forever
life imitates the art of you
brushstrokes of your inspiration
that people are resigned to view

and tonight, you are written across the stars
heavenly bodies mirror an earth bound soul
every living thing breathed the beauty of Shawnte today
and it was you they came to know