After the Rain...A Poetry Collective

By Tumika Patrice Cain

After the Rain is a poignant account of life through the eyes of one woman written in poetic verse. After the Rain will titillate your senses, arouse your passion for life and justice, and inspire your greatest essence for love.

“...Flowers bloom under the warmth of your smiles,
Birds develop voices carrying tunes
Of cherished moments before taking flight...”

In “After the Rain”, author and poet Tumika Cain features an amazing collection of beautifully written poetic prose pulsing with a soothing rhythmic structure that promises to touch the heart, and awaken the mind and spirit of the reader. The sensual tone within the pages serve to convey a deeply touching and personal account; a myriad of emotions that range from deepest anguish to greatest joy, all symbolic of life after the raging storm. Each poem manages to be a sensual caress of the senses that is both titillating and enrapturing for the reader that guides us on a compelling journey towards love and redemption. Ms. Cain will captivate poetry fans with an intimate look at the fierce inner strength residing within the spirit of a woman, while revealing what seems like a gentle whisper from the heart that ebbs and flows like a well written symphony of hidden secrets that are both haunting and vulnerable. You will indeed be swept away...”
Myckelle Williams, CEO of B.L.O.G. Magazine

• Language: English
• Publisher: Inkscriptions Publishing & Media Group
• Release date: Mar 4, 2014
• ISBN: 9780991507702

Book preview

A Love Like Ours

A Love Like Ours

I have longed for you

Since before I knew

How to voice my desires

A love like what I see in your eyes

When you think I’m not looking

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You have this special way to greet me

That causes my heart to soar

In that moment

You and I are the

Only ones that are...

The universe is ours alone

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Enfolded in the warmth

Of your embrace

I have never known

Home until you hold me

Pulling me closer into your heart

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There is no me

There is no you

Only us...

Two hearts beating as one

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Easing all of the tensions

Out of my person

Pouring in all the love in your soul

The sound of your voice

Is the most delicate of arias -

Our own private mating call

I ceased to exist before you

Looking at me with loving eyes -

Eyes only for me

I love you, too

You absorb all that is me

Into all that is you

The feeling is so intense

Yet so soft -

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The gentlest of ocean breezes

Felt in my soul

Fluttering like butterflies

Complete Me

You bared your soul to me

Gave me painful pieces of your past

Putting on a brave face

But I know you

And I felt your pain

Saw the tears that failed to slip

From proud eyes

Extended pieces of your heart to me

Seen by no one

Wondering if I could handle

All the emotions kept locked deep inside

Behind cobwebs and rusty chains

When you don’t even want to revisit them

Hoping beyond hope that I could

Praying I wouldn’t be another coming in

With the purpose only to deceive and outwit

The gentle kind spirit that is you

Fearfully naming me judge and jury

Holding your breath

Waiting to see if I was up to the challenge

Of loving you

I heard your sigh of relief escape from your soul

Unbeknownst to you

When I not only accepted you

But embraced every part of you

Telling you in our private language to bring it to me

Let me know you

Crooning silent words of love in your inner ear

Baby it’s okay

Lay your head upon my chest

Let me feed you the essence of love from my breast

Let my sweet caress reach the farthest parts of your soul

So that you know you have been tenderly touched by love

Deny you I cannot

I’ve been waiting on you

Breathing only half a breath until I found you

You are the other half of myself

Come and let us be one

You complete me

Ebony Abyss

I am plummeting head first

Into the abyss called you

Suspended only by your essence

Afraid to look beyond today

When another before you

Promised me that it was okay

To let loose and jump in

Saying he’d be there to catch me

But he lied

And left me to pick up the pieces

Of my broken existence

Though I know that

You