a seed for tomorrow

we sat in there 

near the sea. 

I never knew 

different parts of the sea 

look different 

I think the way you look at things 

matter. 

I can testify 

about the beauty of Joy. 

her dark melanin shadowed the night 

her calm smile warmed the cold winds 

her gentle hair danced with the waves 

her eyes reflected her kindness. 

her soul, 

I was too unholy to comment about that. 

I could see her purity 

in the gates of her eyes. 

"Dave, 

are you here?" 

"I surely am 

just with you."

"I know. I’ve read it in your stories. 

you seem an introvert," 

she introverted my attention. 

she was right 

I could count my friends 

with fingers in one hand. 

large crowds stressed me 

I needed time to be alone. 

"by the way, it’s getting dark. what should we do?" 

"I’m not mesmerised by the darkness of the sky, 

I’m mesmerised by the darkness of your skin." 

"you definitely know how to talk to a woman." 

she smiled 

and leaned her head on my shoulder 

I felt her warmness 

a new kind of warmness 

even though my jacket was old 

like my heart. 

I held her left hand 

it was softer than the soft breath of the sun 

in the morning. 

where there is light the darkness is gone 

so light this night of mine 

Joy 

everything I heard was true 

just one touch of the right person 

can heal the untouchable pain of mine. 

her legs made a movement 

"are you cold?" 

"a little." 

"here, take my jacket." 

"what about you?" 

"I can handle the cold." 

it was true, I could 

before she came to my life 

all my nights were cold 

even summer nights. 

she took my jacket 

and put it on her shoulders. 

it was a blanket for her on that blank night. 

"Dave, 

you’re so mature. 

who taught you this?" 

"people" 

"how?" 

"I met immature people 

and learned not to do the same." 

"are you the same Dave as you were in the books?" 

"no, 

not anymore. 

I’ve grown." 

"tell me something I don’t know about you!" 

"I cry when I pray." 

"I know the feeling. 

there are things you can only tell God about. 

why do you pray?" 

"every prayer I pray today 

is a seed planted for tomorrow 

I know I will one day see the harvest." 

"what do you want in life, Dave?" 

"Joy."