Author Kuukua Yomekpe Gratitude, Love, prose poems, Sexuality

Busua

For David... You lie face down chest rising in a pattern all your own on the bed we’ve shared for two nights arms in a triangle supporting your head full of curls You are a linear progression...after this triangle Body slender wrapped in the cover cloth thighs touching each other parting at the knees to … Continue reading Busua

Author Kuukua Yomekpe Love, Sexuality, stories

Fast

It feels like it’s been moving so fast…well, it has…I guess… but it feels like a natural progression from that first hug. Abi? When I first saw you on the farm, I never would have imagined lying next to you on some beach for New Year’s Day. I’ve had an amazing 42 hours and it … Continue reading Fast

Author Kuukua Yomekpe Love, Sexuality, stories

Monsoon Love

You arrive soaked In this monsoon That the heavens unleashed on us I hurry to towel you dry With the purple towel That has my initials: KDY Given to me on  my 33rd birthday By my first African lesbian lover Say, is it blasphemous to cradle you You my new love In what we used … Continue reading Monsoon Love

Author Kuukua Yomekpe Love, Sexuality

Memories

The unimpeded kisses I received over the past three days linger on my lips. Your butterfly kisses gently brush my cheeks. Your smell consumes my nostrils. Your silky dark-brown skin continues to tickle my palms. My mouth salivates in anticipation of our next tongue-wrestle. My spine tingles as I recall the feeling of your breath … Continue reading Memories

Author Kuukua Yomekpe Love, Sexuality

Beauty

The beauty he saw in my battered body overwhelmed me. How could anyone want to stare at me forever? The adoring look in his eyes couldn't be real. He said it was. "You are gorgeous!" he said. Now repeat it until you believe it! I nod.