Dear Reader,
This story is a genuine description of the passion that can be shared between two people when they both let go.
I was riding down a road I had never been on before. I was the passenger on another exciting date, and the guy I was on the date with was cool, but like most other men I had met lately, there was something missing. He was a good looking, black man, he was successful at his work (making three figures), and he had a nice new jeep. He was funny and he had all the things I'm supposed to want in a guy, but as I ride down the road, I wonder how long I'll be able to "go through the motions," this time.
We were on our way back from the mountains, when he unwrapped a new CD and put it into the player. He told me the CD was spoken poetry, and if I didn't like it we could listen to something else. I was mildly curious, as I haven't been exposed too much poetry in my life. Don't get me wrong, I wrote a few, "in love" or "broken hearted" poems in High School, but I quickly found that it was very challenging to fit my expressions into perfectly timed phrases or into witty and rhymed declarations. I found myself totally disappointed with writing poetry shortly after being introduced to it.
The CD started to play, and he turned the volume way up so we could hear the poetry over the wind in the topless jeep. As the volume got louder and louder my heart started to beat with anticipation. The voice I heard coming through the speakers was the most sensual and sultry voice I'd heard in a long time. This voice was comparable to Barry White and James Earl Jones. At first, I just listened to the sexiest voice I'd heard in a long time, and then I started paying attention to what he was saying.
The man was talking about very real issues. He was talking with passion and conviction. He was speaking his heart and his life lessons, he was telling the audience about very painful truths he experienced. I could envision every scene he described, I imagined his face as he spoke, but most of all I found myself lost in his sexy voice. He spoke of an abused little girl that found her way out of the terrible cycle of victim-hood, and I could feel my eyes start to tear up. I was thankful the sun was down, and my tears were hidden by the darkness of night. His words were clear and loud, he was so fearless, he wasn't afraid of his voice or what he had to say. He didn't care if someone misunderstood him, nor if he sounded silly. He just spoke the truth as he saw it. I admired his courage and strength immediately.
On the long ride back to my car, I thought about my own passion in life and my personal convictions. I found myself wondering about the man behind the voice, I wondered if he lived a satisfied life, or if he stumbled from enthusiasm to enthusiasm continually searching for fulfillment. I wondered if a fearless man like him would ever look at me with the desire. I wondered what it would be like to look into his eyes, I wonder if they would be hollow and sad, or if they would be filled with excitement and fervor.
The jeep ride was over and my date wanted my attention, but part of my mind would never leave the man on the CD. The next few days, I wondered if it would be silly to even try to get in touch with the man that spoke poetry to my heart and breathed hope into my soul. I obsessed about why I was obsessing about him. I tried to make myself believe I was just being ridiculous, and most poetry lovers felt this way about poetry. However, my heart kept nagging me, and reminding me of all the lifeless, passionless people I had met in this town.
My spirit kept telling me that men like this are rare and hard to find, then my head started telling me to forget it because he wouldn't give me the time of day anyway, and my memory just kept reminding me. I felt a three-sided battle within. Over and over my mind would play his voice, not the exact words he spoke, but the sexy sound of passion spilling from his mouth to my ears. A few days later, I went on another date with the man that introduced me to spoken poetry. We enjoyed a movie together, but when I left I asked him about the CD we listened to last time. He told me to look it up, and gave me the name of his web site.
I filled my time with looking for a job and dealing with today's tasks, but I found myself wondering more and more about the poet with the beautiful voice. One day, I found myself bored with everything I usually look at on the computer and my mind started to wander back to the smooth, sexy tone of his voice and the conviction that flowed from his heart to his listeners. It had been a month and a half since I heard it, but I decided I had to have answers. I had to know if this man was someone worth fantasizing about, is he real and humble and wonderful just like my heart was telling me, or is he arrogant, rigid.
I did a search for his company, and it was there at the top of the list. My heart started beating hard and fast. I expected to look around and not find anything, but there was a link to myspace. As soon as I clicked on the link, I would get to see the face of the man I had only imagined thus far. I sat for a moment and considered what I was about to do, and reconsidered, then I clicked on the link.
As I waited for the computer to process the request to take me to his myspace page, I wondered if I would be able to send him a message. I didn't have an account anymore, but I really wanted to e-mail him. Then, his picture popped up. I was looking at a beautiful black man; he was smiling a beautiful wide, white smile and looking directly into the camera. I looked at his pictures and read his latest blog, but I really wanted to talk to him. Unfortunately, his page says he's in another state, and I loose my excitement and start feeling disappointed. I go back to my regular e-mail and type out a reply to a friend, but my heart continues to nag and my memory starts flashing. I start re-thinking my disappointment; I really want to get to know this man. I believe in fate and consequences, I believe that if I'm supposed to meet this man it will happen. Whether he's in another state or another country, if it's meant to be it will be.