Somewhere between life and death
fertilization and reproduction
somewhere between beauty and radiance
You will find me
not to be confused with this physical essence
No,
you will find me, my identity, my definition
You will find who I am
For you see,
I am somewhere between the tip of your pen
and the trail of symbols left in its wake
Somewhere between who you are, and who you want to be
There I am
you will find me
Somewhere on a beach before sunrise, as you fly across sand
somewhere between a lover and a friend
the beginning and the end
I am there
somewhere on a musical staff
between the F-note and the A
Somewhere within your fingertips as you strum out your thoughts
You see,
I'm all up in your processes
to be seen in the jazz of your smile
and the rhythm dance of your eyes
For together we've known rivers like Langston Hughes
and we are forever on the rise like Maya Angelou
Little revolutionaries like Yusef Komunyakaa
and the best part is
I'm coming to a soul near you
You see,
I am somewhere between what is important to you
and what is absolutely dire
What is needed by you
and what is without a doubt required
I am just before the verse upon your lips before you say it
I am the thought you just thought before you thought it
I am the writer's block of your mentality
the knowing, the knowledge, the insight
I am a star-studded night
upon which you ask the questions of our lives
I am the reason you sleep, to dream
and the reason you wake, to live
I am the reason you love
because
I love you
And that is why...
I'm saying, and THAT is why...
I am all this and more...
