JEHOVAH CANDY JOY
i love morning worships when
just before the sky sings and the trees stretch
i get to open your Word and stuff my soul like a child
eating cotton candy at the fair for the first time
everything about You is delicious
From the book The Truth About Love
When fear has
Settled on my bones
And doubt’s decay has settled in
Father, you’re the only One
I’ve ever known
Who can make me whole again
speak to me like a poem
touch me like you mean it
need me like there’s no way out
and i’m your only exit
From the book THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
i cannot count
how many times
you’ve built these walls
with just a breath
they crumble.
you have become
my tower
of confusion
and i am lost
within your rubble.
Poem from the book The Truth About Love
the truth is
i love you
and i am fully
aware of my
disadvantage
Poem from the book The Truth About Love
my heart
just craves for every
part of you
to crave
every part of me
From the book THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
the sky is falling between us
the ground breaks its heart beneath
and yet there is Peace within our reach
we haven’t seen the moon in days
or sat with the sun for months
and still, there is a Peace that runs deep
between us, our hearts beat a cord
remember, we are tethered beneath the skin
together, underneath the incense of prayers
we are skipping above still waters
soaring beneath red seas
our lungs full of scarlet sun
our hearts a full moon
what is this cord that binds us?
it could be Love
it must be Love
what else could it be?
From the book The Truth About Love
remember when we
were poor, happy, and thriving
living only on love?
the world couldn’t touch us
but we weren’t careful
we started wasting love
took love for granted
and then, one day
we started running out of love
could barely keep love on the table
i remember getting angry
when love was wasted
“there are people in Africa
starving for that love”
soon the cupboards were bare
now, i go out every day
searching for love, begging for love
sitting on street corners
holding signs that read
“will work for love”
pining for the days
we were poor and happy
living only on love
From the book THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
Marquida Roberts 