I have not written a poem for months. To bid farewell to the month of July, it is my pleasure and delight to share with you my new poem called “Before You Come.” This poem is also intended to pave the way to salute the month of August. I also played with another title “Unlock My Heart.” Which one of the two titles do you like and the one that goes with the meaning of the poem?


“Before You Come”

My life was a guitar with no melodic chords.
A poem with no rhythmic pattern to remember joy;
A song with no refrain to spark emotions;
You poured love into my old griefs.
You relaxed my dried smiles with blue waters.
I only knew tears of blues and gloomy memories.
You unlocked my heart with the new story you created in me.

Before you moved in me, I wandered in the shades of night like a lonely dream.
False lovers dragged me to places where it did not rain.
They sketched a fake image of me with an ink that was made to fade.
With a single click, you deleted their story across the plane of despair.
You pulled me back in to find rest in thee.
You wrapped me in your smile.
I knew the words of the song, but you wrote the full song.
I memorized the steps to the dance, but you were the Lord of the dance.

Before you found me, my lips were hungry for a kiss.
My body has wallowed in the darkness.
I have closed my soul to men.
You looked into my eyes and spoke softly, “I’ll be your lock.”
Your hands around my waist,
We moved to the last beat.
You showed me the way to the studio,
We played the tune with no end.
I made my heart a home for you to rest.
Each word of our story will be tattooed on our skin as one.