Ci'Monique Green
Los Angeles, California, United States
I am a poet behind the curtain... A novelist in the rising shadows... A watcher, waiter, writer, and dreamer. I published my first novel, Love Is As Strong As Death in 2012, which won the Beverly Hills Book Award for African-American Fiction. The sequel in my trilogy, Desperate Hope Arise was just released in September 2013, available in ebook and paperback editions at cimoniquegreen.com. My writing journey heals me and I enjoy the bridge it connects between me and others with their own untold stories.
MOURNING DOVE ABIDE
With whom shall I fly
If no longer with you
When my sad wings
Bear teardrops
As crystal morning dew
To where shall I go
With you not at my side
What taste of tangerine
Sunset
Could hope to dry my eyes
Which olive leaf
Shall I tremble to reach
With only the strength of
One
How may I, without your song
Have breath to go on
When my only love
My only dove...
Lies in repose
Against the horizon