I WISH
I should have told you
How beautiful you are
With those eyes
Brown black beans floating in milk
Those cheeks
With complementing dimples
When you smile
And those diamond-sparkling teeth
With a bewitching gap

I should have told you
What a jewel you are to me
How my heart skips a beat
When I look in your brown face
How my eyes follow
Your long, black, African hair
Like a horse’s mane
Falling on the shoulders

I should have told you
How a thought of you
Brightens my day