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Sentimental Mood

from Love Jones: The Date Mixtape by Bomani Armah

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Is there a reason we say bitter sweet instead of sweet bitter?



I fix my lips to lie

washing over life stories

crystal tide of highlights

rushing over labored footprints

turned clean slate of white sand

No sitting on the sure

We travel life's valleys

tributaries for emotional torrents

sweat and tears seep

into open wounds of our world

salt rinses the soil

rich ground to grow into each other





The fluidity that is life in love

love that comes

from having ones life blood

filtered through another’s fingers

in cold valley nights

adoring hands, prospect for precious parts

in cold streams of quiet pain

fishing for something to hold onto

Emotions cannot be grasped

fingers numb from chill

though it feels like this runs through your veins

The only cure is the warmth from your hand



the freeze frame

treacherous terrain of our morning home

out of commissioned sinks

PTA meetings screams in red from the calendar

night school is a side dish with breakfast

fried potatoes mix with pungent third job stillon skin

Running out with toast in your mouth

coffee spilling onto your coat while scalding hand

But remember to turn back around

Hold the door screen open with your heel

As you lean in for the good bye kiss



This is what kisses on the cheeks where made for

for the highlight montage

In this family portrait

The smiles are water colored

But it’s the shadows that bring the canvas to life

The parts blocked out by the sun

our secrets

our pressure points

the drama and glory

That breaks up the boring sketch

Of us traipsing through the mundane

And turns into a portrait of life in love

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from Love Jones: The Date Mixtape, released September 28, 2011

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