We Can Never be Superstars

photo by Angela Rowlings

I am not a superstar
But I’m not afraid to share what I got

I don’t have wings
But I have the words that could make you feel
Like we both be flying

I’m not falling apart right now
But I know what it feels like
To feel like I’ve lost it all

I know how to make you feel like you are the one person I have left in this world

Because you are

You are what is keeping me beautiful
And I am but a reflection of what you are

I am here to show you
That you don’t have to come prepared with me

You can just adlib

And we can create the dialogue
To perfect the solutions
That will supply the fuel for our chemistry

Not everybody can be Angelina Joli
And not everybody can rock a poem from a page on a stage
for you
Like me.

If you feel compelled to get to know me a little better because you can’t figure me out just yet
Then it’s probably just the energy in this room that you’re looking at
And with all due respect
That counts for only but a moment's cost of significance
...................
Just two minutes
You and me alone

My eyes will show you everything
You could have never discovered on your own

And lips can do the rest when you get weary of searching
Tongues will do it best when we get tired of talking
Kama will show us how to effectively lick our wounds
While poetry plays in the backgroud pushing us somewhere past the moon

When your midnight comes,

You can look for me in the sun
This is where I choose to wait for the Blue orchids to bloom
Sweet and Fearless
Living love like life depends on it...

Because it has to.

poem by Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo