Jleenay

“....but it cannot be a mistake to have cared...it cannot be an error to have tried....it cannot be incorrect to have loved.”
― Nikki Giovanni, Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection

“once a snowflake fell
on my brow and i loved
it so much and i kissed
it and it was happy and called its cousins
and brothers and a web
of snow engulfed me then
i reached to love them all
and i squeezed them and they became
a spring rain and i stood perfectly
still and was a flower

"Winter Poem”
― Nikki Giovanni

“if it's a trail we can hike it
if it has two wheels we can bike it

if it's an allergy we can sneeze it
if it's a pimple we can squeeze it

if it's dew it 'covers Dixie'
if it's Tinker Bell it's a pixie

if it's a breeze it can blow us
if it's the sun it can know us

if it's a song we can sing it
if it flies we can wing it

if it's soda pop then it's drinkable
it might be X-Rated but that's unthinkable

if it's a boat we can sail it
if it's a letter we can mail it

if it's a star we can let it shine
if it's the moon it can make you mine

if it's grass we can rake it
if it's free why not take it

if it's a tide it can ebb
if it's a spider it can web

if it's chocolate we can dip it
if it's golf ball we can chip it

if it's gum we can chew it
I hope it's love so we can do it”
― Nikki Giovanni, Love Poems: Bold, tender, and erotic verse from a celebrated poet―new works plus an elegy for Tupac Shakur, exploring passion's many faces

“I love you because I am afraid of the dark and can't sleep in the light....because you, with all your magic powers, were determined that I should love you. Because there was nothing for you but that I would love you. I love you because you made me want to love you more than I love my privacy, my freedom, my commitments, and my responsibilities. I love you because I changed my life to love you.”
― Nikki Giovanni, Love Poems & A Good Cry