Korotha Kofe

"THE FIRST ELEMENT"
©️ July 2022
Written by Korotha Kofe
Illustrated by Wakeel Falana

I met the dream I've been dreaming
We linked right before the world ended
Or maybe the world ended because of us.
Our love made manifest
Was not just the nail in the coffin
Of the end of an age
But it was also the first element
That became the beginning of another world

"For you baby. Because of you."

Tears of love
Falling upon the soil of a newly formed earth
All of the new spirits born from our union
The children of the wildest, freest forests
The kingdoms of unknown flora and fauna
New harmony, new heights, new depths, new distances, new dimensions, new laws

We dreamed of this new world separately
And conceived it together in our primordial passion

Mother of my Seed.
Come here.
Lay down upon this new periodic table
Let us combine our minds
And create a new foundation
Your lines of light cocoa skin
Will become the new soil
The backdrop for the artwork of your permanent ink
That which colors our new world with its uniqueness

Feel me enter you periodically on this table
Feel me fertilize your soul with my power
Feel my hands form our child from your raw substance

I can see why this eluded me for so long
I had to be worthy of such beauty
If I was going to be able to sculpt a masterpiece from the finest clay
Inspired by such a stunning paragon of creativity
My vocabulary would need to grow to be able to express you
I would need to know the depths of your beauty from the inside out
Every crevice
Every nook and cranny of your body is another mountain range
Another desert plain
Another ocean
Home to both the most terrifying creatures and the most graceful giants

You are all of it
You told me terror felt like love
And it wasn't until this exact moment
That I could fully innerstand
Terrify me, Mama
I relinquish myself wholly to your care
The terror of your depths feels like the deepest comfort
Let me stay there
Let me keep dreaming with you
And making our dreams real

I am honored that you chose me
To create with and from you
I pay homage to your infinite mind
I bathe in your unending waters
Wash me in that potential
And watch what I do with that cleanliness

My body is a new born galaxy
Hot from our explosion
New organisms
New species
New planets
New stars
New beginnings

We'll dream on
And keep creating from this love
Because there is nothing we could ever make
That could be less than perfect in my eyes
So I look forward to meeting you in the dawning
If ever we wake up from this bliss
We'll smile and share our dreams
And then dive back into each other all over again

~~~~~

Purchase my book here:
https://a.co/d/hWwg08W

"LET YOU GO"
©️ February 2022
Written by Korotha Kofe

Deep pain knowing I had to let you go
Was it because I didn't want to lose you?
Or because I didn't want to be alone?
Maybe I knew you wouldn't explore

I thought these were real reasons
But they were just symptoms
Deeper needs
The need to be me
All while not knowing who I was
Such is life
An ever-changing man is not meant for a steadily fixed woman

After all of the pains
I was beat into numbness
Beat into submission
And the dying flame finally decided
Memphis hurt too much
Demise was too normal
The heart grew cold
The Leopard lost his roar

Nothing left
Empty………

Nothing left to distract from Truth
Nothing left to hold on to
No home to find rest in

A visitor with my children
A visitor in my hometown
A visitor amongst my family
And even my friends
How that made me feel
How that destroyed me

Forced to be honest with ME
While I wasn't with everyone else
Ashamed of my selfishness
Ashamed I couldn't be direct
And when I accepted that truth
That hid beneath the surface
That's when I felt my wings stretch wide
Unconscious excitement
Mixed with conscious fear

I know that you loved me
And you know I loved you
But it was the last time I'd scream
No more room for fighting
Peace was a requirement
And we didn't have any

Limited moments of bliss
Outweighed by endless cycles of panic
Too much worry
Too much anxiety
I can't do it for you anymore
I can't even do it for me

We said we'd be friends if we didn't work out
But we didn't work out because you lied
You tried
Trust eschewed
Befriending a liar?
Wise men call that foolish
And once I know I'm a fool
Things must change

I was a thief too
To be a fool and a thief
How do I live with myself?

I had no choice

Proud of me
Loving me
Living me

Realizing later
I was letting go of more than just we
Concepts
Ideas
Beliefs

You were the catalyst
I'll never regret
Not one day
Not one moment
Those beautiful moments last
Those harsh moments pass

It was a memorable moment
That I will always celebrate
I will always visit
That memorial
Our ending
The cessation of our romance

Because in the end
I was forged into the best me
And I am forever grateful
To have had the opportunity
To have lived that moment

… that moment that I let you go

~~~~~~~

From my book, "The Upper Echelon Of Courage", available on Amazon.

"WOMB TRAVELERS"
©️ December 2019
Written by Korotha Kofe
Illustrated by Wakeel Falana

The reason it is so painful to travel through a womb is because the womb is a chamber of transformation
Transforming from spirit to flesh
Darkness to light
A thing not easily done

It hurts to be forged.
The burning and blowing
And cooling and hammering
Every element is involved
Bringing forth sons and daughters of God.
Sons and daughters of Darkness
Made into marvelous Lights
An ongoing task, even after birth

But every potentiality is there
Every possibility is there
Every probability is there
Hidden in the forms of ageless infants
Waiting to be discovered and placed in the muniments of time

Wombs within wombs
Birthing more births
Consciousness traveling through endlessness
Endlessness traveling as consciousness
Memory
Water
Surfing the web of the matrix in waves

We fight to find our way
We revel in the battles
We glory in the victories
And then we ride again as horsemen undefeated

And when the war is won
And the goal is reached
We remember how far we traveled to get here
We recollect why we made the trek
From womb to womb
Realm to realm

And then it all makes sense again
Why we willingly accept our roles
As Womb Travelers

~~~~~~~

Purchase your copy of my book here:
https://a.co/d/hWwg08W

Facing my "failures" as an artist has been another one of the hardest things for me to process. But not only do I surrender to forgiving and loving myself through it, I commit myself to giving ME another chance. The late, great Kobe Bryant once said that failure doesn't exist. He said it only exists if you quit. After missing so many opportunities, I refuse to quit. I love you, Korotha.