Keith

His name was Keith, and I could only imagine the look on his face if he knew I wrote a poem about him

I call him my favorite mistake, yet he was important to me because I took time out and wrote a poem about him

Keith is responsible for taking me to places within myself that I never knew existed

I loved being in love with this man. It was the kind of love I am glad I experienced even though in the end it didn't last

I tasted an dove's tear and felt the breath of God himself while being with Keith

All five senses worked in unison in his presences and there was not a moment I did not smile

The love was real, his touch was a necessity to my very being, he protected me from March's thunderstorms

Only for us to waltz in April's showers. His heart beat determined my existence and his kiss determined my sanity

I loved him, I really did. I fiend for the tingle down my spine I'd get from his touch, my ears bleed to hear him speak

The hairs on my neck would stand at attention at the sound of his laughter, my mind was blown

He showed me loved in five shades of beauty and his silence spoke speeches to me

There was an unexplainable rush that overtook me as he'd use his tongue to taste the waters of my womanly ocean

The satisfaction on his face at the sound of my moans was enough to make me sing soprano opera

The way he'd kiss every single part of me that was covered by brown skin, the way he'd whispered "I love you"

The way he'd say my name, the way he'd hold me at night, the way he'd just be he, I loved Keith

...and he loved me back

And God saw fit for me to experience such a love for three years; and then I got the phone call

Everything that I had known up to that point was taken away from me only leaving a residue of denial

She said her name was Lisa and that she bear the ring signifying Keith's never ending love for her

Then Lisa went on to explain that it was all too important that she murder the living love Keith and I shared

Because a love so great would suffocate her and their children and she could not allow that

She said that perhaps I would find another, but Keith belong to her and she knew I was a smart woman...

I'd understand

10 to zero in nano seconds. And like a fool in love I fought for the love of a married man, but soon accepted that he was not mine

My heart a wounded soldier, my soul a broken general, my life a torn army

I waved my white flag at life and surrendered to the truth, I could no longer be in love with Keith

And to this day, if I want to feel good, I will think back to the times he'd gaze in my eyes and say I love you

And think about the night he lay his head on my breast and cried because the love we made was so beautiful

Keith return home to Lisa and I "understood" and as time pass, I healed, but I never regret that time in my life

I loved a man, and I was loved, I can say that and honestly I'd rather to have loved, than to have never loved at all