Ilikuwa wakati huo mgumu wakati kawaida tunatengana njia. Nje kwenye ngazi za mlango katika mwangaza wa usiku wakati tukikumbatiana. Alipumzisha midomo yake dhidi ya midomo yangu na sikuweza kusaidia lakini kufikiria juu ya mara ya kwanza kubusiana. Moja kwa moja na sina uhakika kama tunapanda wimbi lile lile, alifikia midomo yangu tu kumalizia na kicheko chetu kwa hali isiyo ya kawaida. Lakini licha ya kosa la mara ya kwanza, wakati huu nilihisi kama mpya. Kuhema kwa hofu ya ulaini na kumbatio la upole la midomo yetu, iligeuka kuwa mvutano wa vita. Kama vita kwa sababu hatukutaka kuachilia ile hisia laini na ya shauku. Hiyo ilikuwa kutikisa kwa mwisho wakati chupa ilikuwa karibu kupasuka kutoka kwa shinikizo, kisha "Nakupenda", nilisema kwa upole lakini kwa nguvu. Maneno hayo yalionekana kurudia milele kwenda mbele na kurudi nyuma kati ya vifua vyetu. Alisimama na kuniangalia. Kama beji yake ya Drill Sergeant, alivaa moyo wake juu ya mkono wa vazi lake. Kulikuwa na mengi kiasi kwamba alisema bila maneno. Ni ishara ya kweli gani ya makubaliano ambayo yalionekana kutoka kwa macho yake mazuri ya kahawia, zaidi ya uwezo wa mwanadamu yeyote kudanganya au kujificha. Kisha akanibusu hata kwa shauku zaidi kuliko hapo awali. Katika moyo wangu, ninaamini kuwa inaweza kuwa zaidi, ikiwa sio kwa….
Kendricks Fields is a writer, father, and military veteran from Fork, SC. Kendricks received his AA from Central Texas College and is currently serving in the United States Army. He is currently working on a degree in Psychology from University of Maryland.
While he's been reading (and writing) all of his life, he is the author of The Table Between Us series. It's a collection of poems expressing the highs and lows of love, cheating, forgiveness, and commitment. It is the love story of a soldier and his woman fighting to stay together. The PG rated version is on Kindle (54 pages long) and the paperback version is for adults only (105 pages).
This is his first book. The sequel to this book, From The Table To The Bed, is coauthored by Latasha Taylor will be available in August of 2019.