My Dangerously In Love Re-make

The first week of the semester has come & gone & so far I seem to be learning the most in my creative writing class. But that's no surprise because that's the class I'm most interested in. My professor is so passionate about the art form of writing & I love that. I write for pleasure & as a sort of therapy, but I can tell that I'm going to walk away from this class with so much more knowledge about my craft & a deeper appreciation for it. Our first homework assignment was to take our favorite song & from the first two verses, take away all of the words except for the last word of the line & create a poem based off of the last word of those lines. My favorite song of all time is Beyonce's "Dangerously In Love", so that was my song of choice. This isn't my best work, but I just wanted to share with you what I came up with...

Beyonce Dangerously In Love

Baby I love you,
You are my life,
My happiest moments weren't complete if you weren't by my side,
You're my relation,
Connection to the sun,
With you next to me there's no darkness I can't overcome,
You are my raindrops, I am a seed,
With you & GOD who's my sunlight I'll bloom & grow so beautifully,
Baby I'm so proud, proud to be your girl,
You make the confusion go all away from this cold & mixed up world.

& I know you love me,
Love me for who I am,
'Cause years before I became who I am baby you were my man,
I know it ain't easy,
Easy loving me,
But I appreciate the love & dedication from you to me,
& later on in my destiny,
I see myself having your child,
I see myself being your wife & I see my whole future in your eyes,
The thought of all my love for you sometimes makes me wanna cry,
I realize all my blessings, I'm grateful to have you by my side.


Marquise's Dangerously In Love Re-make

I'm declaring it... I love you,
& with you is where I want to spend the rest of my life,
For eternity, that's how long I'll remain by your side,
With no one else, could I ever have any type of relation,
You're my sunshine, there's no need for the sun,
These emotions I feel are one's that I will never overcome,
One day we'll create the perfect seed,
That will grow & bloom like a flower so beautifully,
Our little boy or maybe even a girl,
That we'll nuture & raise to be able to conquer the world.

Lucky me,
You love me & accept me as I am,
You're a real man,
I know it hasn't always been easy,
But you've been here for me,
Continuing to love & support me,
Because we both know that this is destiny,
You're my prince charming, the one a girl dreams about when she's a child,
I fall in love everytime I look into your eyes,
The thought of it makes me want to cry,
I love you & I want to reassure you that I'll continue to be by your side.

Poetically Inclined

I use to be real big on poetry & out of no where I all of a sudden lost my mojo. I'm not sure if it was writers block, if the creative juices just weren't flowing properly or if I just wasn't that enthused with anything to write about it. Either way, the last time I wrote a poem was January 2009... Yes, a whole year ago & I've finally written my newest piece. But what a way to start off my year, all in my freakin' feelings?! This poem is about my love & it's many twists & turns & through it all my love still remains solid... I haven't titled it yet, but here goes...

Love is my best friend & my worst enemy,
It gives me life & then it kills me softly,
I didn't choose it, love chose me,
It stole my heart & is holding it hostage in it's captivity.

It brings me joy that could overflow throughout a lifetime,
& such excruciating pain, I wish I could erase it from my mind,
But it's irrelevant, the pain that love can cause,
Because I'm addicted to the feeling of the fall,
Without it I'm strung out... Just sick,
I'm constantly feening, longing for my next fix.

I hope one day my love & I can officially join forces,
Because my love & his combined can move mountains,
& if I have to wait for him forever, I'll forever be counting,
Counting down the days,
Promise to never go astray,
Love is forever & he will own the rights to my heart always.

But see, our love is jaded & has many complications,
He currently has ties with an additional party who wasn't supposed to be a part of the equation,
She reeled my love in with her bait as persuasion,
& has strung him along for years with the game of manipulation.

My love is there & I am here,
But I would swim across this country to where my heart lives,
Like Beyonce "I wanna run... Smash into you",
Never let go of you,
I'd rather live in you,
That way I'd never have to part from you.

So many barriers to be broken to get to where we need to be,
Sick of this distance & living a life of infidelity,
But I sacrifice myself & my feelings for what's most sacred to me,
Him & this love that controls every ounce of my being,
But will his love for me ever overpower all these outside things?
Distractions & minute things that keep him from focusing,
That keep us going through this cycle ending up back at the beginning,
Where no one in this situation is winning.

But I've stood here... Planted my feet,
Like he once said "I've got that tunnel vision, he's all I see",
He wanted to make me love him forever & it's definitely working,
Every moment we spend, talk or I think about him, he's got my cheeks hurting,
Damn, right now I'm smurking...

So I don't care if I'm wrong,
There must be a happy ending to our love song,
Love is right in my path, in my grasp & me & him belong,
I've been anticipating this for so long,
So I pray that he doesn't dissapear again because he'll forever be gone,
I just can't take another second of this being prolonged.

Yes, our love is tainted but this is fate,
Where ever my love is, is my favorite place,
Because wrapped up in his love is where I feel most safe,
Just want to be able to turn over or look up & see love staring me in the face,
But I've done enough of pleading my case,
& contrary to what some may believe, this love will never be considered a waste,
& regardless of what the outcome is, it's a love that could never be replaced.

Bold & Beautiful

Last night I hit the scene with my favorite ladies to celebrate the new year since I kicked it with my fam new years eve. We went to a spot called Play which is on South Beach in Miami. I must say I'm usually not over the top with anything I do, I like to keep it nice & basic but to start off the new year I wanted to do something different & out of my comfort zone to set the tone for this year. It's nothing major but I had to think about it a few times before I stepped out with it on... Instead of doing my normal nude lip gloss, I finally broke down & did thee red lip & I actually liked it. This is just a baby step toward other things that I want to venture out & do as far as wardrobe, school, traveling & just things in life period. 2010 say hello to a new, improved, adventurous & fearless Marquise!

Happy New Year!

It is officially the first day of the new year & today is another day spending QT with my family... What better way could I start off the new year? It's been a day filled with sleeping, eating, relaxing & I'm loving it. I just wanted to share with you guys some of the pics I took over the course of my Christmas break which include baking Christmas cookies, church service on Christmas Eve, opening gifts on Christmas day & flicks before I got really tore up on New Year's Eve. LOL! Enjoy...