All good things must come to an endAnd of some we'll never speak"This too shall pass"And what we sow, we shall reap. Too soon, perhaps, for honestyI'm wordless if I must contain itTime has made me feralWe're at an impasse if I can't explain it A quarrel's abrupt resolution,My opposition now before the ThroneWe may … Continue reading The Plants That We Let Grow
A Sonnet of the Eternal Spring #1
Buds in Fall contain a happy secretThey stem from supernatural consummationOf long-forgotten love, hope requickenedUnnatural or confused, disastrousYet altogether right and wonderfulThe miracle of two become one explodes into lifeTo which all living, dead, and dormant do respondThough leaves succumb to gravity’s callsAnd darkness often and more quickly fallsOur love waits, safely nestled in the … Continue reading A Sonnet of the Eternal Spring #1
Forgiveness #6
You forgive me without reservationI confess, you absolve, and it is goneTeach me to be like thisHelp me to be like thisI know it is not an actionIt is a way of beingYour beingYou, the one I want and needI’m believingLike love, all-believingFaith, with hope, in actionHelp me to be like thisTeach me to be … Continue reading Forgiveness #6
Lalala! Nobody’s Listening
We shout past each otherAnd yell, “Relativity!”, until I’m the one that’s rightSo, never mind. You do you. And I’ll do me.And people are dying in between.When it’s white folks, the flags fly at half-mastBlack bodies in the streets mean it’s just another dayYeah, I went thereBut lalala! Nobody’s listeningAnd that’s not allWe all like … Continue reading Lalala! Nobody’s Listening
The Faith of the Afflicted
Nothing, Lord, nothing can hinder your planNot the hottest temper nor the strongest handNot the shrewdest mind nor the adulterous heart of manNothing, Lord, nothing can hinder your plan From the skies above to the depths belowAnd on all the land in betweenViolence and perfidy run rampantWhile the afflicted cry out for justice Injustice is … Continue reading The Faith of the Afflicted
The One Whom My Soul Loves
Soft whispers at twilightEntreat me into wakefulnessThe voice of my BelovedSo peaceful and safe am II've lost touch with timeThere's only his sweet presenceEnfolding my bare and tender soul My Lover whispers to me of worthOf destiny, of life with him, foreverHis kind words caress my lame and aching heartI come open, his always, but … Continue reading The One Whom My Soul Loves
Freedom Sizzling
Raw, exposedLike an egg out of its shellSPLAT! in the bottom of the panWith the truth searing my most sensitive parts,I sat. The inner dam of deception had sprung a leakAnd the words cascaded forth before my lips could hold them back.He took advantage of me. With 20/15 vision, I saw it all.How he had targeted … Continue reading Freedom Sizzling
A is for Arthur
He saved his own skin by donning deceptionIt was my word against his Man of God, they depend on you to tell the truth And I was left holding my head in my handsMy "father" doesn't love me anymoreBut "daddy", why don't you love me? So, which is it?Is it the ex-father figure or the … Continue reading A is for Arthur
From A Minority in the Fetal Position
I came into a world that, since day one, has threatened to end me, I am in a dark and silent place with the uneasy currents of polemical "tolerance" swishing about me. I am alive and I don't know why. I happened and there is no reversing it. But at times, though you and I … Continue reading From A Minority in the Fetal Position
Naomi M. Wong 