I remember the first time I laid eyes on my ex, her salient beauty struck me harder than a rock hurled from a competent quarterback. I was taken aback, my throat dry from the breath I lost and my heart beating against my ribs as if it had the intention of falling in love as ironic as that sounds. There she was, the nubian goddess that would complete the puzzle to my life which was all a blur until her arrival. She was a friend of my cousins, together they were in the living room of my quarters talking amongst each other while she was getting her hair done.
Her bosom which defied the laws of gravity was in combat with eyes that would render a raging tiger tamed and I was that tiger. Her eyes looked at me, not of reciprocity but of curiosity as she couldn't help to realize that her striking features had yet captured the attention of some adolescent male whom still bore the burden of a relationship not too long ago which rendered me jaded, or so I thought.
I immediately ran with intention back into my room and got myself into more expensive trousers with the shirt to match in an attempt to impress. We spoke, she left, i ask for her number, but not to her but from my cousin. I wanted to play it safely, I wasn't trying to be too forward and ruin such a magnificent opportunity. I got the numerals from my cousin which was half the battle. I called her, we spoke again briefly and continued to do so over a period of weeks. Soon I would be receiving text messages of returned love which nearly put me into a stupor for months. I was coming to work late just to see her, getting jealous over the slightest offenses, I had vicious retorts to e-cat calls from lowly men online as I had the password to her social media account. Only thing left was her phone but that was out of reach. The day we finally locked mouths together in bed as foreplay to sex had me overjoyed. "

" in my mind as I lay on my back, her body adjacent to mines drenched in sweat which bathed her succulent skin. The room reeked not of sexual odors, but of a poignant lust that only those with senses perceptible to it can detect but that wasn't necessary as we were alone, locked in a bedroom which wasn't even mines.
Months later it was over. Now I'm
