Ashanti's kiss is...
a spellbinding story to which
no end exists and the twists are
as endless as infinity's rapture.
the tide upon which flows the salon
that carried kings and queens and
children of the Pharoah's. Strong
and purposeful in its direction.
Mo bettuh! Because it's Mo beautiful
than all the Earth tones in this pallete
which is defined by the people of the Sun.
the love of the ancestor's, the ancients,
the hand I hold, and the progeny before me.
All past, present, and future combined in
softly exhilarating candor.
the love my mama passed on to me, so I
could pass it on to one born and borne
from the true love I share my heart with
and give that love to...totally.
is simply complicated. The depth of it
transcends the mere experience of mortal
perception and plays itself out on a plane
more cerebral and spiritual than our five
senses can comprehend.
like a perfect thought, verbalized. It's
resolve clear, and now, through it's guidance
that thought is translated to action. From
the ethereal to the corporal by a circuitous
route from the brain to the cerebral cortex
and over the lips and tongue. Bringing
reality from nothingness.
copper skin and hazel eyes and chocolate skin
and sepia eyes, and all the "red" and black
that exists in between the you that is you
and the me that is me that makes us the "us"
you love to emulate.
the straight-out blackness of me found in you
and lost in the longing looks and sultry
glances that says I like my passion hot and
powerful and explosive and whatever adjective
quantifies you in my world.
Thus...is Ashanti's kiss.