Butter - XIV

I was side walkin' when I seen her

This Miss with demeanor

Part Ipanema, part Itta Bena

She a sun beamin' gleam

A Nina Simone toned butterfly in the sky

A Monarch with her head rapt

Wings flapped a divine

Flutter effusing shine

None other can utter the wind song she chimes

At first sight this brotha had to cover his eyes

You see such Love Supreme blinds

Like when a Trane’d sax pantomimes a Psalm

Or when a waned wax ghosts our new Moon gone

Monarch took me by surprise

Something divine

Happens to the heart that shapes

The hand, the tongue and the eye into the word love

Into the word love

This love at first sight

Demanded I untie the twine of time’s fabric

Bask in her magic

Unwind my habit of feelin' frantic

And takin' miracles for granted

The weight of my past is glacial, titanic

My antics are an alchemist’s

Mixing unbridled bliss

Disciplined Christ-style

With wild kiss

Crossfading Monarch’s naming with my lips

Into sublime uplift

Shared breath, shared gift

My vision gets impaired

Under the influence of a Love

Of a Love

Of a Love

Like this

Fall (born of creation)

Prayer (between the pages)

Loved and caressed (like memory)

By time and her forces

Yet my heart rejoices

At the very thought (at the very though)

Of seeing You (of You)

Being You (just authentic)

Being me (ain't no difference)

Being just the breeze (be easy like jasmine on the breeze)

Don’t matter when you see

We are all just waiting, waiting

To be

(To be loved)

(To be loved)

Monarch’s a Queen yet crowned

An Angel’s sound soft heard

I witness nothing short of a Heaven within her Earth

Her flying butters my heart

My hands, my tongue, and my eyes

Monarch and I dip dip dive

Into a C minor nine

I couldn’t ask to bask in more

Her Oneing essence I adore

Like Yemaya and Kuan Yin

You are an Amen and an Awomen

No pretense, no pretend

Monarch, I see you for more than your allure

I deify your ascent

Your climb, your flight

Your myth, your print

I step gentle

I give care

Towards the blossoming awesome we blare

In full color, full volume, full body

And held prayer

Buttering the sky

Is something divine (that we do when hungry to be free)

And thirsty to be moved

I’m worshipping your wings

Surrendering to the embering of your orange pouring flame blue

Wings on high, we fly (beyond the moon, home to the stars)

That are verily ours (and hold our truth)

Of sky… sky flocking

Side… side walking

Faithing Love to guide us through

Shaping a You into a me

And an I into a You