My flesh would say to her... 

“Jump off of a high hill, whore, 

And shatter...” 

But Proverbs 15:1 

Tells me  

That all of my words  

Matter 

So 

While the two of you  

Are busy 

Killing me with your  

Sword 

I will  

Cry out to 

My  

Lord 

For 

“Vengeance is mine,” 

He says.  

So, while I  

Grow sadder 

As she continues to 

Flatter 

You with her 

Cacophonous  

Coquetry 

I’ll be inspired to 

Poetry 

Until it has  

Broken me 

Conveniently 

You throw this  

Word 

Around 

Having no  

Idea 

Of its  

Real meaning 

Antecedently 

You seemed 

Aware of  

Exigent 

Explications 

But... 

In spite of your 

Education 

You now 

Lack  

That type of  

Knowledge. 

Maybe you should  

Consider 

College. 

Not even just 

Recently 

Have you had the  

Decency 

To stop with all the  

Secrecy 

Sin comes to you so 

Easily 

And breezily 

Until it knocks you  

Down 

Then, here you come  

So speedily 

Back in my direction 

But, wait... 

What about your  

Erection? 

Oh, no!!! 

I can’t help you with  

That one 

No baptism, no ring 

So... 

That’s done 

Yet... 

You'll be back 

Any day now  

On my doorstep  

Again 

Misusing that  

Word  

Is it that  

Somewhere 

Along the paths  

You’ve walked, 

You misheard 

The meaning? 

Or did you feel  

Authoritative enough 

That you  

Transferred 

The terminology 

To fit with your 

Psychology 

For every time 

You come around  

With this 

Counterfeit 

Apology 

You and  

This 

Word.. 

You and  

This 

Word.. 

You and  

This  

WORD.... 

It’s all  

I hear 

It’s thoroughly 

Translucent 

And chock full 

Of fear 

It comes out of  

Your mouth 

Fades into black 

And disappears 

Fried; sizzled 

Immediately 

By the global warming 

In the atmosphere... 

Because of what 

You still have yet 

To learn... 

Oh, yeah... 

You gon learn today... 

That  

Word 

It ain’t something 

Anyone has to 

Earn... 

Okay? 

It definitely ain’t  

Something you  

Deserve, 

Yet it’s granted. 

It’s always in  

Existence 

Even when you’re 

Empty-handed. 

For a while, I thought, 

“He’ll observe me, 

Then his wisdom  

Shall be expanded.” 

But... 

I’ll just be candid 

That’s far from where  

We landed. 

But  

The reason why  

I get it 

And you don’t  

Has been  

Conferred 

No matter what; 

We'll 

Never see  

Eye to eye 

And I’m disturbed 

That  

Word  

That I’ve been 

Speaking of 

To you 

This may all sound  

Absurd... 

But the lesson 

Of this  

Session 

Is, 

That  

Word 

“LOVE,” 

It is a  

VERB.