WHEN LOVE IS STRONG

Inspired by LORETTA & JOHNNIE





I see you

and you make me wonder

how what you have feels like

so

we comment bout'

how you be

probably high school sweethearts

she's in her swimsuit

rollin' his pant legs up cuz

he's in full apparel

with suspenders

like he ain't even at the beach

but he is

I say

"The man I love don't like sittin' in the sun,

told him that I would sit in the shade with him all day."

cuz

that's how deep my love is

and your reality

is my prediction

for our future

U can tell they proud to call each other

their own

U can tell by the way

their feet grace the sand

as they walk in sync to the water

that

they hold each other down

all them clothes

he should be burnin' hot

but her

she keeps him soulfully cool

it's so apparent

they sit shaded

under

one umbrella

two chairs

yet they

are one

U can feel their love from afar

I want to be like them

when I get to be like them

they gaze at the ocean

in silence

sometimes there is no need

2 talk

sometimes there is no need

when love is strong

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Written 8/28/04 @ the beach while observing what I feel is an amazing bond btw a man & woman.This piece is dedicated 2 Loretta & Johnnie who made me so clear on what dedication to love means and for Roland cuz lines #41 & 42, cuz I love you. Are we working towards this?

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Jay McWilliams's picture

"all them clothes
he should be burnin' hot
but her
she keeps him soulfully cool..."
That line rite there is so smooth...really feelin this.