ALL THE WHILE

Came late into the game

Now you've spoiled my momentum

I swear I would complain

But you have allah my attention

At least it's not in vain

You - my sudden heart's addendum

Oh if I could see the face

Of this worthy late contestant

You got me writing, spinning rhymes

Caught up in the web of muse

I wouldn't want to take it back

If I can write like this for you

Barely even take a breath

- The words just spill out true

You're wiser than your days

And now my ways are lost to you

Sudden focus

And I realize

Surely you're a goddess

But then I wonder

If you refrain

From a picture

Cuz your modest?

But I think that's not the case

I think it's that

You're cautious

Makes me like you

Even more

If I'm truly

Being honest

Seems you're holding on to something

That you've always kept so guarded

I think I know

Just what it is

Cuz it's right there

Where your heart is

It's your love – and it's pure

And it makes me really want it

- I hold mine in high esteem

Though I never try to flaunt it

I've held on

And I've waited

Tho' been randomly obscured

By the others

And there distractions

While I've sought to find my words

But it's my yardstick

How I measure

How I truly feel for "you"

If they come right to the surface

Then I know my love is true

It's an energy exchange

Has to flow 'round

In a cycle

Like the rings of the betrothed

It's a never ending circle

I could do this all life long

Travel each and every mile

Diving in the likes of you

Cuz you've been here

All the while