Hey there Insighters! I’m elated to be in the company of all of you once again. I’ve been doing my best to make my promotional rounds across the socials as it pertains to all things “Lavender” and ‘My So-Called Quarantine’.

Albeit a chaotic experience, I know all of this work I’m putting into this poetry book will be worth it. I want the book to be a memorable experience for you guys – one you’d want to relive over and over again. I want its impact to stain the pages of time with a lavender hue.

Originally, Lavender was the first one out of the gate for ‘Quarantine’. I wrote it during the dead of night, like most things. Therefore, it’s special to me. Now, I’m mostly going to leave the poems from the book open to interpretation.

However, I will say Lavender’s about that love that makes you forget about all of your romantic tragedies of the past. It’s about having that love, but not being able to physically hold it because of the superimposed circumstances of life. In other words, Miss Rona.

Nonetheless, you remain hopeful that one day, soon enough, you’ll get to see and feel that love in real-time. Until then, you can’t stop thinking about it and you definitely can’t stop missing it.

So, without further ado, I hope you all enjoy this one and it gets you pumped for the book. This is “Lavender” from ‘My So-Called Quarantine’ to be released for purchase, exclusively on Introverted-Insight, Friday, June 12th, 2020.

“LAVENDER”

Your words are scented in lilac
I couldn’t remember the exact
dot-dot-dot
Moment
I last felt this way
My world has been in disarray
Needles protecting this heart of hay
As love always seems to stray
And never giving a reason why
Yet always managing to make me cry

Wiping my orchid tears away
I realize my demons are also yours to slay
And that is why you have to stay
This isn’t some game I want to play
All I’ve got are these lavender blues
Whenever I start missing you

You’re my tender-loving giant
Compassionate and reliant
Your aura is draped in purple
Because you’re Regal, Royalty, King
I’d serenade you like the god you are
But we both know I can’t sing
My falsettos clear the meadows when I’m “singing” in this ghetto
Really, it’s that bad
But for you, I try anyway
And this is why you have to stay
The real me gets a chance to play
To bathe in sunlight another day
Because all I’ve got are these lavender blues
Whenever I start missing you

Through my screen, your smile pristine
Warm, exuberant, inviting
To hold you in my arms for once
The thought is tantalizing
I bet your skin is made of silk
Smooth like Kevin Costner
But when it’s hot, I know it’s sticky
Like Downy Fabric Softener

Swaddle me in your love
Cuddle me beneath the sheets
When our bodies finally touch
Our souls will pulsate to the beats
Of hummingbirds, cicadas, Solange on repeat
I think that’d be pretty neat

And after having more time to think
My heart of hay is on the brink
Of escaping as lavenders turn hot pink
As needles start to dull and sink
I’m writing our chapter with quill and ink

Well, technically a keyboard
But you get the gist

There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for this love to bud
I’ll climb the grapevines
Sip the red wine
Drag myself through the dirtiest of mud
I can’t stop; I won’t quit
Until our vineyard flourishes
Not until it’s brimmed
With the lavender fruit that nourishes

So this is why you have to stay
You illuminate my caliginous day
My fear of love just melts away
From this Earth to the Milky Way
How many times do you want me to say?
This isn’t a game I’m trying to play
I want to be with you, okay!
All the time, from June to May
Because all I’ve got are these fucking lavender blues
Whenever I start missing you

‘My So-Called Quarantine’ is available for purchase, June 12th, 2020. Exclusively on https://www.introverted-insight.com/

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