Best Wadley Poems
I feel most at home
When I am beside you.
I am able to breathe freely & abundantly.
You speak kindly to my soul,
& nurture the points of direction
Which I grow.
My sanctuary of peace,
My birds eye view of serenity.
I feel most at home
When I am in view of your garden.
Offering the utmost
Of warmth & affection.
Make no mistake,
I am not there to simply pass time
Nor am I there out of the convenience
Of you.
Being around you takes me
to another world
& I am glad to share in the experience
Of you.
I am in awe at how you transform me
Into a moth, in terms of light.
I’ll follow you anywhere
Categories:
wadley, for her, home, longing,
Form:
Free verse
A lot of the time It’s not easy,
Finding someone that can
Finish your sentence before
You can finish your thought.
Someone that appreciates the things
You care about.
To breathe life into you
When everything else feels
Exhausting.
A lot of the time
Vocal gets exhausting &
The physical is just that.
Sometimes,
You run out of words.
A mantra that only the soul understands
& heals with no further explanation,
To be understood in authentic bliss.
Bilingual as the stars and the wind.
A taste the sun unravels to the moon,
For better or worse.
It’s amazing how some of the best pictures
Happen when we aren’t paying
attention
Categories:
wadley, appreciation, black love, faith,
Form:
Free verse
We were but strikes of lightening, sealed in a glass jar
Fumbling about with nowhere to go.
Exhausted, we conducted ourselves
With a slight curb of enthusiasm.
Sprung to life with the slightest touch
Electric current twirling forward, then back.
Sparks igniting beneath our toes
Traces of where we've been crackled.
Sizzled in a flash by the dark spot of glass.
We were irresponsible in the abundance of each other
The glass soon stained by soot,
Purified by the euphoria of what came to be known as climatic.
Every taste
Every passion.
Soon exploiting what came to be known as each other.
We polluted ourselves with the taste of each other
Becoming the overcast beneath the top of the jar.
Surrounded by absolute dark.
The way I saw the universe in her eyes
Laying beneath the night sky surrounded by acres of thought
Vast in length
Breathless in thought
A jolt of vibration quivered in heart
Categories:
wadley, black love, for her,
Form:
Free verse
From the tree we both grow,
Pointed in different directions.
Banana tree, supple in the wind.
Perfect brown spots, silk yellow skin.
From the tree we both grow,
Inching closer, my lips intwined
In yours.
Green until ripe.
Although there are plenty,
It’s you I adore.
Poised in different directions.
How you’ve grown, thick in width.
The sun a smiling face that spreads
Warmth, the same warmth
I long to give.
Banana tree supple in the wind.
The bend of my body pointed towards
Yours.
Green until ripe.
Ripe with affection, ripe with purpose.
I can’t live without you, there is no
Substitute,
Involuntary to the dangers of being
Eaten.
Pointed in different directions,
Our taste thick, ripe in survival.
If someone plucks & eats one of us,
I hope that it’s me.
I can’t live without you.
Pointed in different directions.
I won’t see it, you won’t see it.
I can’t live without you,
It’s you that I adore
Categories:
wadley, longing, love,
Form:
Free verse
In today’s world it’s easy to lose track of time
& otherwise get caught up in what’s going on.
So many families split up, so many loved ones
Lose track of who they are. Why they came together.
Divorcing a memory they can never truly run away from.
In today’s world it’s a blessing to know you. To get facial recognition & assurance with your every smile.
Not every moment can be as perfect as we expect it,
Yet we are appreciative and try not to take the moment
For granted. Just as the saying goes, “Not everyone knows what
They have.” It’s those refreshing moments that remind us
Of God’s praise. Not at all excusing us for the times we become
Absentees when we’re needed most, or simply lose track
Of time, there are so many things that factor into who we are,
Our upbringing, things we experience, The shapeless void
Of a missing father.
While that effect is monumental, we respond without responding.
Silence sometimes the most powerful form of toxicity
In response to communication.
In today’s world it’s not that uncommon, placing something else
Instead as priority, forgetting the bigger if not biggest issue.
For better or worse, the most memorable part of any union.
We take it at face value forgetting that we’re all kids at some point
Or another. It’s not impossible to revert back as we’re all human
At the end of the day.
That doesn’t at all excuse us for the times we aren’t present,
not just for ourselves. But for our partners, our friends, our families
the priority of accepting love as a walking and breathing testimony.
Our hands the door of faith, as we journey to the alter our lips
Have formed.
In today’s world it’s a blessing to know you & to get facial recognition
As well as reassurance every time I look at you.
No matter how much we mumble or grumble. I am forever grateful
to have met the love of my life.
Everything I’ll ever need no matter how much time passes.
You’re all I’ll ever need
Categories:
wadley, beautiful, forgiveness, growth, how
Form:
Free verse
At times I sit & wait for the sun
To uncover all the things about you
that for some reason or another I cannot say.
For every thought I've had about you
I've written down, torn out and swallowed
in the spine of a different book.
One covered in flesh and parted by the red sea.
One day you'll find them.
When the sun rises and the wind is high.
You'll see all that passes.
One day I'll be full and have no choice
but to sail in a buoyancy of water.
One day you'll look down
& See a reflection of me bottled up.
When the sun rises and is full and at it's peak.
All will be revealed.
You'll be so overwhelmed
At how beautiful broken glass shines in the sun.
If only for a moment.
I too am valid
Categories:
wadley, appreciation, eulogy, how i
Form:
Free verse
I’ve looked everywhere for you
& still can’t find you.
I’ve wandered back & forth,
Every side street that looked familiar
And those that didn’t.
There are a lot of things I can’t do for myself.
If I’ve done anything to offend you to deserve
Anything like this then I am truly sorry.
My worst nightmare come true.
I can’t find you anywhere,
If I see you again I promise I’ll never leave
Your side.
I’ll do whatever you say.
I now know what it means to be hungry,
I’ve tasted thirst & it’s a beverage I’d rather
Not taste.
I’ve wandered all around & still haven’t seen a trace
Of you.
If I was too prideful, didn’t fully commit to anything
You asked of me.
It’s because I didn’t fully understand what you asked of me.
I’ll do anything to see your face again.
I’ll do anything to be able to call home, home again.
I’ve looked everywhere for you & still can’t find you.
If you see my face, know I am looking for you
Categories:
wadley, desire, devotion, longing, love,
Form:
Free verse
In today’s world it’s easy to lose track of time
& otherwise get caught up in what’s going on.
So many families split up, so many loved ones
Lose track of who they are. Why they came together.
Divorcing a memory they can never truly run away from.
In today’s world it’s a blessing to know you. To get facial recognition & assurance with your every smile.
Not every moment can be as perfect as we expect it,
Yet we are appreciative and try not to take the moment
For granted. Just as the saying goes, “Not everyone knows what
They have.” It’s those refreshing moments that remind us
Of God’s praise. Not at all excusing us for the times we become
Absentees when we’re needed most, or simply lose track
Of time, there are so many things that factor into who we are,
Our upbringing, things we experience, The shapeless void
Of a missing father.
While that effect is monumental, we respond without responding.
Silence sometimes the most powerful form of toxicity
In response to communication.
In today’s world it’s not that uncommon, placing something else
Instead as priority, forgetting the bigger if not biggest issue.
For better or worse, the most memorable part of any union.
We take it at face value forgetting that we’re all kids at some point
Or another. It’s not impossible to revert back as we’re all human
At the end of the day.
That doesn’t at all excuse us for the times we aren’t present,
not just for ourselves. But for our partners, our friends, our families
the priority of accepting love as a walking and breathing testimony.
Our hands the door of faith, as we journey to the alter our lips
Have formed.
In today’s world it’s a blessing to know you & to get facial recognition
As well as reassurance every time I look at you.
No matter how much we mumble or grumble. I am forever grateful
to have met the love of my life.
Everything I’ll ever need no matter how much time passes.
You’re all I’ll ever need
Categories:
wadley, feelings, for her, i
Form:
Free verse
Friday Saturday someday, one second
Will multiply into infinity & infinity into
Eternity.
In between sapphire & ruby sunset.
Friday Saturday someday, my name
Will sound different dangling from your lips
& I won’t be far.
A constant thought ready to appear in urgency.
Suddenly ready to appear again.
Friday Saturday someday, I’ll stare down
Into your eyes & you’ll look back up into mine.
Traveling down the mountain of goosebumps
On your skin.
Difference of height is of no consequence,
Small rumbles that equate to tectonic plates.
The way your lips cover mine.
The urge to run high, the need to rush
At an all-time high.
Friday Saturday someday, one second
Will multiply into infinity & infinity into
Eternity.
My name will sound different dangling from
Your lips &
I’ll be buried deep, beneath the mountain
Of your skin
Categories:
wadley, longing, love,
Form:
Free verse
There are over a million things
To do in the name of pleasure.
Over a million more that involves
Company.
The person I could be,
The person I’d love to be,
Over a million things that could go wrong.
This thought a wave pattern found
In an ocean of sheets,
The shore of the mattress bare.
The meeting of my fingers interlocked
With yours,
The earth rotates & bends sideways.
Without hesitation we are poured
Up down left & right,
Over a million things that could go wrong.
Lost at sea in complete darkness
I cling to you to keep warm.
Lost in the earth, you blush morning.
Shedding light to infinity.
Your face a cathedral of a million things
That could go right.
Smushed & paused in excitement.
Finally.
A religion that doesn’t require
A curriculum.
The earth rotates & bends,
I am baptized in the liquid from
Your lips & like a fish I am alive,
& like a fish I can breathe without fear
That you’d be stolen & renamed
Without fear that you’d be stolen & renamed.
Robbed of over a million things
That could go right,
Between the sheets we hide.
I cling to you to keep warm, lost in the earth
You blush morning.
Shedding light to infinity.
Finally.
A religion that doesn’t require
A curriculum.
The person I could be,
The person I’d love to be,
Without fear.
I wander you freely
Categories:
wadley, black love, feelings, for
Form:
Free verse
Now I am certain of nothing
But your existence, in chaotic disbelief.
The scurry of feet patter down the path
Of the avenue & city blocks downtown.
As beautiful as you are dangerous,
Now open to the world around you.
A fiery ship intentionally dragging it’s
Anchor in obsession.
Not knowing how or when to stop.
The smog of smoke eases its way down.
We all were told to evacuate.
What is this place?
What is this promise made anew?
Some days are better than others,
The stars blend in with the search lights.
At times it’s hard to tell which is which.
I stand in both shock & awe.
It looks like the sky has split open,
The closest I’ll ever get to the sun
Not knowing how, or when to stop
You’ve always been familiar to me
Categories:
wadley, appreciation, black love, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
California King
My bed may not be as large
As California or have a blanket
As deep as the ocean.
But it’s comfy and shares
The same view as if we were there.
When I am asleep with you,
Everything becomes ideal.
One of the best feelings the universe
Could bestow.
To discover a slice of heaven beside you.
A spoon finding it’s way
To the big dipper, in the same
Lineage of how I see you.
We stargaze with our eyes closed,
Watching the stars bloom like flowers
In complete comfort.
The urge to explore further,
A simple look, a simple smirk
Head nestled deep in a pillow.
The aspirations of becoming an astronaut
Become that much clearer.
I blast off & everything becomes dark
My reflection staring at yours beneath mine,
Until I see your face spread wide
Across the moon.
Happy and safe,
My voyage is now complete
Categories:
wadley, appreciation, black love, dream,
Form:
Free verse
Over the course of a minute,
Nonetheless a single hour.
We say a lot of things.
Some we mean, some we don’t.
Although sometimes meaningful,
It’s the things we don’t that are most
Pivotal.
Not everything we think is meant to be
Said aloud.
The silence in-between hugs
The silence between arguments.
We hoop & we holler, but at some point
This urge to label everything
Must cease.
We laugh, we cry
However silent, these still impact
Us the most.
The intimacy of a moment we’ll
Never get back.
No matter how many times we
Try to recreate it.
Although sometimes meaningful,
It’s the things we don’t that are most
Pivotal.
No matter how much we say
What we want,
It’ll never be like the first.
At some point it becomes misleading.
This urge to label everything must
Cease
Categories:
wadley, feelings, growing up, growth,
Form:
Free verse
It's been so many nights
I've scrolled down my contact list
& Highlighted your name.
So many nights you've crossed
My mind and never left.
Wherever you call home
Wherever I call home.
Places I thought we'd never go
Desperate finding our way back.
You're name a direct reflection
Of the sun,
My finger an eclipse.
Unknown to the philosophers
And professors who study science.
It's been so many nights
I've scrolled down my contact list
& Your name has shone bright
Like some shooting star
Searching for something it's lost.
Knowing our history
You'd have to be there to have
Seen it.
Without first contact,
I miss you every time
Categories:
wadley, lonely, longing, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
When buildings crumble
& return back to dust
& heads turn in disgust.
Faced with lust & deeds
Of mistrust.
When all else fades
& the stars speckle
Like eons of old dust collected
& swept across the sky,
Time will cease to exist.
While some of us ascend
The staircase.
Not all of us will be so fortunate
In a desert of red.
In any case,
No matter which way you go,
Wait for me.
Wait for me at the floodgate
Which passion percolates &
The stars weep for us as we do
For them.
Don’t breathe without me,
Just as I wouldn’t without you.
Humble & unknowing
I don’t know what’s to become of us
But I do know,
I don’t want to be without you.
When buildings crumble
& return back to dust
When all else fades
& the stars speckle
Like eons of old dust collected
& swept across the sky.
Wait for me,
No matter what happens
Categories:
wadley, appreciation, black love, for
Form:
Free verse