Poetry and Other Divine Mania
Jay Maisel Harlem Dance (Mid 1950s)
The Grip
Guard your heart from this empty world
And fill it back up with your light.
Heavens knows how strong my hold buffs your nature
But the world spins faster when you roam.
You were never to be content between my fingers.
No matter how deep the pressure lingered.
Tired hands soon lose their grip
Holding onto own.
Follow first thoughts and stubborn abile,
Tempt the insecurities and womanly wiles.
Hold as tight as fear can get,
Tired hands soon lose their grip
Holding onto own.
When you doubt the beauty of your imperfection
Slipping in and out of favor.
Remember you were once worth holding
And don’t get too comfortable again.
Sippin’ From a Broken Cup
I love you as I say the words.
Complete the action to the fullest I can
Look in your eyes
Dare to know you too.
Dance to your blues song just to cheer you up
Know their lines as if it’s my own melody.
Taste the sweet singing that laces my heartbeat
As if you could write off your pains onto my body.
Clear off karma’s debts
Living freely.
Stand on a post so high you know only burdens
You create from your own imagination or the ones you inherited
I feel those too.
Ripe as morning mist.
New like tomorrow’s blues
When it will be the end of us?
I bet on those too
I love you as I say the words.
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