{Mos Def}LOVE RAIN

[SomeAlien]

{Mos Def}

I stretched my arms towards the sky like blades of tall grass

The sun beat between my shoulders like carnival drums

I sat still in hopes that it would help my wings grow

So then I could really be fly

And then she arrived

Like day break inside a railway tunnel

Like the new moon, like a diamond in the mines

Like high noon to a drunkard, SUDDEN

She made my heart beat in a now-now time signature

Her skinny canvas for ultraviolet brushstrokes

She was the sun's pain-ting

She was a deep cognac color

Her eyes sparkled like lights along the new city

Her lips pursed as if her breath was too sweet

And full for her mouth to hold

I said,

"You are the beautiful, distress of mathematics."

I said, "For you, I would peel open the clouds like new fruit

And give you lightning and thunder as a dowry

I would make the sky shed all of it's stars like rain

And I would clasp the constellations across your waist

And I would make the heavens your cape

And they would be pleased to cover you

They would be pleased to cover you

May I please, cover you, please"

[Fouzia_Bella]

awwwwwwwwwwwww!hey let me be the first to say "NICE POEM!!!!!!!!" i really liked it......iam stopping by to show some luv and support!!keep it up!

[Lois Lane]

[Jill Scott]

Love rain down on me, on me, down on me

Met him on a Thursday, sunny afternoon

Cumulus clouds, 84 degrees

He was brown, deep

Said he wanted to talk about my mission

Listen to my past lives. (Word?)

Took me on long walks to places where butterflies rest easy

Talked about Moses and Mumia

Reparations, blue colors, memories of shell-topped Adidas

He was fresh, like summer peaches

Sweet on my mind like block parties and penny candy

Us was nice and warm, no jacket, no umbrella, just warm

At night we would watch the stars

And he would physically give me each and every one

I felt like cayenne pepper, red, hot, spicy

I felt dizzy and so near heaven and miles between my thighs

Better than love, we made delicious

He me had, had me he

He had me tongue tied

I could hear his rhythm in my thoughts

I was his sharp, his horn section

His boom and his bip

And he was my love

 

Love rain down on me, on me, down on me

 

The rain was fallin' and, and slowly and sweetly and stinging my eyes

And I could not see that he became my voodoo priest

And I was his faithful concubine

Wide open, wide, loose like bowels after collard greens

The mistake was made

Love slipped from my lips

Dripped down my chin and landed in his lap

And us became new

Now me non-clarivoyant and in love

Made the coochie easy and the obvious invisible

The rain was falling

And I couldn't see the season changing

And the vibe slipping off it's axis

Our beautiful melody became wildly staccato

The rain was falling and I could not see

That I was to be plowed and sowed and fertilized

And left to drown in his sunny afternoon

Cumulus clouds, 84 degrees, melody

 

Love rain down on me, on me, down on me

[nuune]

MAN,wixii jaceel ka hadloo dhanba waan jeclahay aniga,keep poping up the good work

[iNoSeNsE]

The first day

 

I wish I could remember the first day,

First hour, first moment of your meeting me;

If bright or dim the season, it might be

Summer or winter for aught I can say.

So unrecorded did it slip away,

So blind was I to see and to foresee,

So dull to mark the budding of my tree

That would not blossom yet for many a May

 

If only i could recollect it! Such

A day or days! I let it come and go

As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow.

It seemed to mean so little, meant so much!

If only now I could recall that touch,

First touch of hand in hand! Did one but know!

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A call

 

'Hold on,' she said,'I'll just run out and get him.

The weather here's so good, he took the chance to do a bit of weeding'.

So I saw him

Down on his hands and knees beside the leek rig,

Touching, inspecting,separating one

Stalk from the other,gently pulling up

Everything not tapered,frail and leafless,

Pleased to feel each little weed-root break,

But rueful also....

Then found myself listening to

The amplified grave ticking of hall clocks

Where the phone lay unattended in a calm

Of mirror glass and sunstruck pendulums...

 

And found myself then thinking: if it were nowadays, this is how death would summon Everyman.

 

Next thing he spoke and I nearly said I loved him.

[sofine]

this is the song that inspired me.....

 

You taught me everything

And everything you've given me

I always keep it inside

You're the driving force in my life, yeah

There isn't anything

Or anyone that I can be

And it just wouldn't feel right

If I didn't have you by my side

You were there for me to love and care for me

When skies were grey

Whenever I was down

You were always there to comfort me

And no one else can be what you have been to me

You will always be you always will be the girl

In my life for all times

Chorus:

Mama, mama you know I love you

Oh you know I love you

Mama, mama you're the queen of my heart

Your love is like

Tears from the stars

Mama, I just want you to know

Lovin' you is like food to my soul

Yes it is (5x)

You're always down for me

Have always been around for me even when I was bad

You showed me right from my wrong

Yes you did

And you took up for me

When everyone was downin' me

You always did understand

You gave me strength to go on

There was so many times

Looking back when I was so afraid

And then you come to me

And say to me I can face anything

And no one else can do

What you have done for me

You'll always be

You will always be the girl in my life

Chorus

Never gonna go a day without you

Fills me up just thinking of you

I'll never go a day without my mama

Chorus

Yes you are

[Lois Lane]

salam ppl heres anotha PHAT song that i luv

 

never knew a luh, luh-luh, a love like this

Gotta be somethin for me to write this

Queen, I ain't seen you in a minute

Wrote this letter, and finally decide to send it Signed sealed delivered for us to grow together Love has no limit, let's spend it

slow forever I know your heart is weathered by what studs did to you

I ain't gon' assault em cause I probably did it too Because of you,

feelings I handle with care

Some niggaz recognize the light but they can't handle the glare

You know I ain't the type to walk around with matchin shirts

If relationship is effort I will match your work I wanna be the one to make you happiest,

it hurts you the most They say the end is near, it's important that we close.. .. to the most, high Regardless of what happen on him

let's rely There are times.. when you'll need someone.. I will be by your side..

There is a light, that shines, special for you, and me..

Yo, yo, check it It's important, we communicate and tune the fate of this union,

to the right pitch I never call you my ***** or even my boo

There's so much in a name and so much more in you

Few understand the union of woman and man

And sex and a tingle is where they assume that it land

But that's fly by night for you and the sky I write For in these

cold Chi night's moon, you my light

If heaven had a height, you would be that tall Ghetto to coffee shop,through you I see that all

Let's stick to understandin and we won't fall For better or worse times, I hope to me you call

So I pray everyday more than anything friends will stay as we begin to lay this foundation for a family

love ain't simple Why can't it be anything worth having you work at annually

Granted we known each other for some time

It don't take a whole day to recognize sunshine There are times.. when you'll need someone.. I will be by your side, oh darling

There is a light, that shines, special for you, and me.. Yeah..

yo, yo, check it It's kinda fresh you listen to more than hip-hop and I can catch you in the mix from beauty to thrift shop

Plus you ship hop when it's time to,

thinkin you fresh Suggestin beats I should rhyme to

At times when I'm lost I try to find you

You know to give me space when it's time to

My heart's dictionary defines you, it's love and happiness

Truthfully it's hard tryin to practice abstinence

The time we committed love it was real good

Had to be for me to arrive and it still feel good

I know the sex ain't gon' keep you,

but as my equal it's how I must treat you

As my reflection in light I'ma lead you

And whatever's right, I'ma feed you

Digga-da, digga-da, digga-da, digga-digga-da-da Yo I tell

you the rest when I see you,

peace

There are times.. when you'll need

someone.. I will be by your side.. There is a light, that shines,

special for you, and me.. (I'll) take my chances.. before they

pass.. .. pass me by, oh darling.. You need to look at the other side..

You'll agree..

 

 

Every single time i hear this song im always pleasantly surprised.Truly a nice piece

[Miriam1]

love all the lyrics posted..this one of my fav songs by floetry, " if i was a bird"

Sometimes blindness finds me

and leads me through ignorance

not allowing us to gain experience

so we become lifeless

At other times I cover with

self pity or work aimlessly through reality so

Occasionally I choose to travel alone

but never fulfil my possibility so

mostly I attempt to achieve violence

by seeking right knowledge of loving

and reviewing and eventually overstanding those

many lessons of my life

 

You got me caught in a stormy odd world that drains

and I beg to see truth and promises you made to me

now we’ve come so far but my visions of happiness

with you in my life I’m afraid and confused

If I was a bird I’d fly

 

If I was a bird I’d fly away

spread my wings so I’d escape

If I was the sky

I’d let it rain to wash away the pain

 

If I was a bird I’d fly away

spread my wings so I’d escape

If I was the sky

I’d let it rain to wash away the pain

 

Now why do I feel so alone

knowing I know I have you

and what made you turn around on me

what did I do

and when did love feel this way

so much pain and misery

where’s the you I once knew

and could ya fly with me

 

Now I can’t stay

you won’t need me

set me free and let me fly

oh fly with me

fly with me me

fly with me yeah

fly oh fly fly

 

Fly away

(music)

If I was the sky

I’d let it rain to wash the pain

(music)

Fly away