REGARDLESS

Winds whistled through dark strands,

Long blades of untouched savanna.

Sub divine visions burst on my eyes

Vocal chords by which Apollo tuned his harp

I could have sworn then that you were a Goddess

Descended from the heavens

The way you affected everything around you

It was as though your body mirrored your soul

And if I had a choice to love you not

I knew it not

But tides came and went

Dark strands turned grey

Shadows crept in on the light that shined within

And joints once well oiled

Have turned to creaky rust

But I love you

Beyond your body

Beyond your soul

Beyond your mind

I love you in me

And though I don’t always show the phenotype

Be assured that loving you exceeds my control

It is my genotype

I love you regardless

Muscles wrought in steel

Chiseled and carved as if by the hands of Vulcan himself

Sublime in style, Herculean in power

With one I’d carry you

With the other ward off all assailants

Problem solver

Never a step out of place

Wisdom beyond my years

Unfailing knowledge

Alpha male

Head of the pack

You were Asaase Afia, My Hera

My Cleopatra

My Amina

My Fathia

But rains came and went

Flesh once firm sagged

Memory needle sharp now fails

Hearts once passionate now livid

But I still love you

Beyond my weakness

Beyond my failing body

Beyond my minds inability to know anything and everything

I love you in you

Where I’m perfect and have no faults

Where my little efforts are hyperbolized a hundredfold over

I love you regardless

The clouds formed differently

The winds were a little cooler and a little warmer

A concerto of birds

Backed by stomping horses and trumpeting elephants

Heralded our mornings

The sun caressed our cheeks with gentle fingers

The winds kissed us ever so softly

The grass received us better than latex

The rivers tasted better

The springs and pool were more refreshing

But suns set and rose

Crowing crows caused chaotic chasms be created concurrently within cocoons once safe

Flames of turbulent volcanoes say in our ears the inevitability of an end

Erupting geysers will sing our eminent doom

Incoherent quakes will roots threaten

Ripping away at buttress and tap

Hoping to create a gap

But I love you

Beyond their hushed screams

Beyond their hooded smiles

Beyond their uncanny dances

I love you in God

Timelessly transcending star, galaxy and universe

Eternally unchanging

Cosmically unlimited

I love you regardless.