1Day, But Not 2Day

This is about a man conflicted & confused with what to do about his current 2 year relationship. Sometimes we become complacent with our "significant", and we fear forever, worried about missing something(or someone) that may never come...

"She's crying her heart to me, how could you let this be?

I just need time to see, where I wanna be......."

                                      Donell Jones, "Where I Wanna Be" 

 

1DAY, BUT NOT 2DAY

by Left Field "Bi-polarAsHeGetsOlder" McLovin 

 

I love my girlfriend,

 

and I know like the back of my hand....
That I plan to stand at an alter with her

exchanging wedding bans
one day........

but not two day!
I'm sitting at a coffee shop alone now, reading a book, zoned out
Reflecting about sexing her and how she moans out, but I'm shook......

I'm shook thinking,

"Damn....I really love this girl!"
"What wouldn't I do for her?"

I work, I go to college, wash the car, take out the garbage, I'm a go-getter, fulfill dreams, I would rob, steal, and kill things, I wreck n****s who're wreckless, if they don't get the message, that "She's mine homie! Now get ghost!" I let her in, let her get close, I love her, she loves me, I love hard, I love free, make our love work, I work to be, the best man I can so she'll make love to me, I'll drill bolts on a steamboat and toke unclean mill smoke in the hopes.....

In the hopes that I can give her everything!
I'll give her the whole world right now!......
But I can't give her a wedding ring?

But I plan to 1day.....but not 2day
and probably not 2morrow!!!!

but anyway....

My girl.....

She's the best thing that happened to a bum like me!!!
She's the apple of my eye, whatever that ever means, The Bonnie to my Clyde, the wet part of my dreams, The reason I "Get By" like Talib Kweli, me and her, we ride or die side by side, but geez!.....

My side can hurt sometimes....

And sometimes I think

she's not even worth my rhymes
But she is….I think she is,

but what I really think it is, 
Is that MAYBE I'm not even worth her time
MAYBE I'm using that as an excuse and I'm lying
MAYBE we're dying

MAYBE I'm trying to find

a reason for not trying
MAYBE, I'm blatantly denying

my obvious fear of flying
MAYBE, but MAYBE NOT

What the f**k is wrong with me?
I can't see.....

That I'm a lucky son of a b***h for her 
To love someone like me?
For 2 plus years, she been right there for me
And when I think about what I put her through,
It's so plain to see
She means everything to me,

and she's everything I need!!
So as I sit here at this coffee shop,

you know what I think?
I think today I'll cop a ring,

and get down on one knee
Look at the woman I love

and ask her......
"Will....You....Marry....M..."
And at that very moment, 
I hear a voice say "Excuse me......"
I "matter of factly" look up,

and you know what I see?
A sexy, little brown thing

staring directly back at me

She says "I see you're not using it,

so can I borrow that?"
I say "Yeah, take the sugar tray,

you don't have to bring it back."
Baby girl was small and petite,

but her a*s was fat!
Her hair was jet black in a curly blowout.....

I like that
With her thin, black framed,

reading glasses to match
Her skin was "Nia Long" toned,

with soft, full lips like pillows
And big holes in her cheeks

that beautifully passed as dimples
She was real cute…..

W/ her fitted, beige cargo pants

and open-toed shoes
Perfect "C" cups

w/ a brown t-shirt

that read "F**k Fox News!"
"GODDDDDAAAMMMNN!!"
I didn't say that out loud!

It's just what I was thinking
I asked her to sit down,

and she brought over the tea she was drinking

We talk....We love the same music,

and hate the same actors
Share the same laughter

and laugh at the same rappers
She hates Pretty Ricky.....
I HATE PRETTY RICKY!!!!!
She called them "Midget, little, no talent, funny looking jag-offs"
I THINK THEY’RE MIDGET, LITTLE, NO TALENT, FUNNY LOOKING JAG-OFFS TOO!!!
She thinks Family Guy is the "gold standard" of comedy
I THINK FAMILY GUY IS THE "GOLD STANDARD" OF COMEDY TOO!!!!

She says "The moral fiber of our society is equated with our regulations of what is allowed through popular culture, which won’t be solved until our parents start parenting, our communities reactivate themselves positively reaffirming the old notion that ‘it takes a village to raise a child’, and the program directors for major television & radio networks begin feeding us not ONLY what’s entertaining for us, but what’s also spiritually & intellectually good for us as well."

I THINK THE MORAL FIBER OF OUR SOCIETY IS EQUATED WITH OUR REGULATIONS OF WHAT’S ALLOWED THROUGH POPULAR CULTURE, WHICH WON’T BE SOLVED UNTIL OUR PARENTS START PARENTING, OUR COMMUNITIES REACTIVATE THEMSELVES POSITIVELY REAFFIRMING THE OLD NOTION THAT ‘IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD’, AND THE PROGRAM DIRECTORS FOR MAJOR TELEVISION & RADIO NETOWORKS BEGIN FEEDING US NOT ONLY WHAT’S ENTERTAINING FOR US, BUT WHAT’S ALSO SPIRITUALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY GOOD FOR US AS WELL TOO!!!!!!

Heaven must be close B,

it's like this woman knows me!
This feeling is how it's suppose to be
Then my brain says 

"Wait a minute homie!"
You're suppose to be in love,

and there's nothing else to say
I thought I was gonna marry my girl 

One day, but not Two day
(and probably not 2morrow) but anyway
Should I let baby girl here get away? 
Or should I try and make her stay?
Or should I stay with my current girl

until I'm old and gray?
I feel sick B!!
I think baby girl here will get with me
But will she stick with me?
And that's when it hits me.......

SHE'S JUST A FANTASY
Her grass just looks greener.....from A FAR
It's no mirage,

it's just that another person's house

just looks cleaner......from A FAR

And as far as I know, baby girl here is a hoe, & she's selling it for dough, or she's a chick with a dick, or has two conjoined toes or sniffs blow up her nose, or she grows and sells the s**t, or she throws massive fits & pick fights just for kicks, or she’ll stalk & blow a n***a up if he packs & tries to go, or she can burn a n***a's dick, or she can cut off the s**t, or she can spend all my money, or her food can taste funny, or she can leave me all alone with no home & clothes bummy, or she can play a bunch of games, or she can try and cast a "hex", or when we're in the middle of having sex, she can call out the wrong name!.....So as far as I know, she can go be a hoe, weird toes, sniff blow, throw fits, burn the food and a dick, stalk n****s, voodoo child, forget my name, spend HIS dough & all of those miscellaneous things cause in the end.....I DON'T KNOW!!!!

And that's the thing......

I don't know, but see,
I do know what's waiting

at home for me!

Good Ol' Faithful Love!
She puts up with my s**t, 
Cooks me good food, takes care of me when I'm sick
She helps me with my tie, holds me down when I cry
And in bed, she knows all those little, dirty things I like

She's always there for me, 

      Even when maybe

she shouldn't be

She's unappreciated.....I'm sincerely sorry
This is my uninitiated, unapologetic apology
A scoreboard to record my "

Bridgey Fucked Up" anthology
How old is too old for the fantasy?
How unfair is too unfair for her?
How long can I wait for something

I already have?

And how can I make my dick concur?

 

I NEED HER, AND I NEED TO BE "ME" WITH HER
AND I NEED TO BE FREE TO SEE WEDDING RINGS
WITH......HER

And who knows?

Maybe 1Day, will be 2Day
Well....Maybe not 2day
But not too many 2morrows

 

 

Author's Note

So one of my favorite movies is "High Fidelity". In one of the final scenes the main character asks his girlfriend to marry him. She never wanted to get married, but he asks because he says that he's tired of the fantasy. I wouldn't give the scene justice, but what he was basically saying was that he's tired of waiting for something(or someone) that may never come. I wrote this trying to express not waiting for a fantasy that may be a mirage or may never come. What if you have what you already want? I know it's human nature to upgrade. You begged mama for a Playstation 2 and promise never to ask for anything ever again!.....Until......the Playstation 3! But this really is an ode to appreciation and realizing the beauty and what's precious already in your life.

Reviews

[Lyrical Love]

This is so...
AMAZING! I LOVED EVERY BIT OF THE REALIZATION THAT YOU DELIVERED SO JUSTLY!
You once again stir up thoughts, and bitterness, and make me laugh out loud!!! I really appreciate your honesty, and humor! Maybe more men,( and okay women )should think things through before hopping over the fence to play in that artificial/bug infested green grass!!
My favorite...LOLOL!!!!!
And as far as I know, baby girl here is a hoe, & she's selling it for dough, or she's a chick with a dick, or has two conjointed toes or sniffs blow up her nose, or she grows and sells the s**t, or she throws massive fits & pick fights just for kicks, or she stalks & blows n****s up if they pack & try to go, or she can burn a n***a's dick, or she can cut off the s**t, or she can spend all my money, or her food can taste funny, or she can leave me all alone with no home & clothes bummy, or she can play a bunch of games, or she can try and cast a "hex", or when we're in the middle of having sex, she can call out the wrong name!.....So as far as I know, she can go be a hoe, weird toes, sniff blow & all of those miscellaneous things cause in the end.....I DON'T KNOW
You have masterful talent!

[Kathryn Star, Shine!]

Hey, if you are with someone for awhile, there are always temptations, guys, girls in any situation with each sex, there is always someone better, sexier after we meet the one we want to be with and think twice... what if... but you took this poem, wrestled it down and took it to the top, like all your other poems, you are the bomb, in making people think. Good one! ks

[Farrah Grahm]

I agree with YEreziah, I would LOVE to see you perform, I bet you rock the house. You've yet to disappoint, this is another hit. I got a little perturbed when the PYT came in, and you're supposed to be marrying your girl one day, but then you came back and that's a good ending. Great flow.
and is that playing off of today, and two-day, or what? Is there some secret message there, because I didn't get it. had it been consisitently 2day, I would've said, ok, that's aim talk, but you said twoday and one point, so I just wanted to know if I missed something.
Great job!

[Yereziah]

Oh I love this. wish i could see you perform it live it's so powerful and well written, i like the whole flow of it...
keep em coming!!!

[Pax Analog]

I hear ya -- even if I find "Family Guy" annoying. ;-) The writing's amusing enough; I just don't like the f*****g lead character.

As usual, your rhythm and rhyme leaps off the screen/page and begs to be delivered live audio slammin'.

My take on this eternal "grass is greener" dilemma is this: Make sure the one you're with SPARKS your eye and psychic libido. Then, ritualistically INTENSIFY that, even if you have to tie her to a silver hoop with titanium-enhanced silk scarves. The only way to blow away the call of variety is to go to war against the hum-drum with your steady squeeze. As long as she keeps her shape and keeps up w/your intensity, then you're incandescing, and mere variety eye candy pales in comparison.

We're flip-floppers because we lack THOROUGHNESS of intent and intensity. GO DEEP.

Good work, mon, and yeah, I like "High Fidelity." ;-)

[Brianna Brie]

It seems everything that I have read of yours is quite unique. Your style is not matched by another. I like the open honest forum that you take in your poems. It is real and gets the reader on a genuine level of existence. Great stuff...oh did I mention your sense of humor rocks! Thanks for entering the Missing Him, Missing Her contest.

[Amant Cache]

I am fascinated by your rhymes. I'd love to hear you read them aloud...I can imagine the passion. Keep on going....

[Jewels]

This is a great poem and so true. So very true, in fact it definitely makes me take a good look at some things in my life as we speak. Thanks and keep up the great work!

[Legion]

And that is the problem. The grass is always greener type crap. Once you settle, you don't know what you might be missing, but then again, if you don't settle you might be missing out on something bigger. The human condition is a sad and hilarious thing. Great write. And the pondering goes on and on. Kudos.

[Phibby Venable]

A remarkable, well written piece of work! I love this & it does capture the universal wanderings
and wonderings for greener grass. I love the details and images & the feel of letting the readers
in on the whole show. You are a really excellent writer..!
When my brother asked me for advice in a situation regarding two women, I told him.. I don't know..
but you might ask yourself...if you get sick or totally helpless...which one do you trust to be there..
and if you were totally at their mercy, which one would come through for you?
Anyway, wonderful work.