Gloria Denise

Brick by boring brick

Every part of me

has some residue of you

Laced into my memories

Is your ever being

 

The timbre of your voice

Deep, sound, and sure

The smell of your cologne

Bitter, woodsy, and smooth

 

That walk…..

No strut

That held so much purpose

Step by step

You knew how to make each one worth it

 

The look of worry and doubt

Hidden in those blue eyes

That would quickly turn green

As soon as you’re mesmerized

 

Do you know that your very touch

Could light my world full of fire

Yet with one word you could halt any hopes of desire

 

I looked for you

I dreamt of you

I prayed for you

I tried to change for you

I thought I made a place for you

In the smallest

but the most important part of my life

 

But in one moment…

 

In one breath…

 

With one word…

 

You ripped through the fabric of me

A 24-year stitch

You’ve broken a heart and  rebuilt my wall of mistrust

 

Brick by boring brick