Introduction and Table of Contents
Introduction and Table of ContentsThe Proud BumblebeeA Fine MareReflectionMy RosesSome SecretsBlack Churches BurnThe FoxMy ZenithA Present DearBlack Lightn'gWhen Dearest Sleep Betrays My Restless MindEden AgainSome Blesséd DutyDehors ParisThe Lady and the LordShe Gazed Into My Eyes...In London Now...The CriminalMLKBlack Moses At the RiverMichael Brown of FergusonA Gladiator's CryThe Sonnet of a Warrior MartyredMandingo FightingThis PimpKiwi and Cotton Balls' Cadence [aka Ulysses and the Sirens]Judging the "Justice"Mother EarthOn Romney's Vote to Convict [aka Integrity]Sonnet (Cadence) of the American Soldier [aka Heaven's Path Through Hell]
A Present Dear

A Present Dear
 
"When once I slept, an angel from above
Appeared and whispered softly in my ear:
'I have graciously given you my Love,
Now in return I must have one thing dear.'
She plucked, quite gingerly, my beating heart
And clasped upon it a locket and chain:
'From my Love dear, ne'er shall you dare depart,
Know if you do, ne'er shall you love again.'
And then I woke from this beguiling dream,
Only to find another at my side.
Her coy, coquettish smile made my mind scream--
This diff'rent, deflowered belle betrothed my bride.
'Put on this chain, my dying mom left me,
A present, Dear, for you, my groom to be!'"
 
Copyright 2020 Bernard A. Quarterman, Jr.