The Mad Poet of the Year blog posts share the poetry of a long-time Mad Poet. This year-long appointment provides readers with a deep dive of the writer’s work and thoughts on poetry. We are thrilled to have Tonita Austin (aka Toni Love) serve as the Mad Poet of the Year for 2023.
Can’t Get You Out of My Head
by Tonita Austin aka Toni Love
your voice slides inside my mind like silk panties between my thighs
and I can't get you out of my head
so sweet and so unique I could listen to your sexiness until I fell off to sleep
for now I'll just imagine you laying your body across my bed
yearning to feel your touch your lips and waiting for the first passionate kiss
and I can't believe I'm capable of feeling like this
have I finally met my match, a romantic whose words are as sweet as a Hershey's kiss
or my soul mate able to touch me so deeply that I can't resist
your eyes, and your smile leave me yearning for your loving caress
imagining you and I hand in hand heart to heart
makes me feel warm and sticky like honey dripping down the back of my dress
I want you, you want me and we both find ourselves weak from the thought
of opening up our souls and hearts as they intertwine into an eternal rope of passion and ecstasy
you make love to my mind and I can't say no
I surrender all
you are my destiny
just lay my body down on your lavender-scented bed
cause I can't get you out of my head.
I wrote this poem when I was in a relationship and that person still thinks it's about him, haha..We're no longer together so I can be honest. This was written about an artist that I performed with a few times and admired, and I could tell that he was also attracted to me.
At the time that I wrote this poem, my boyfriend at the time felt that he wanted space, and wanted us to take a break. During that break, I had a brief, passionate affair with this person. Only he will know who he is. :)
Tonita Austin also known as “Toni Love” is a gifted poet, singer, activist, and writer born in West Philadelphia. While attending Columbia University, Tonita was a student of Amiri Baraka and performed in Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls” as the Lady in Orange. Her writing is influenced by both experiences. She is a contributor to the anthology The Black Body and featured poet in the 2018 and 2020 Winter/Fall edition of the Philadelphia Arts and Urban Literary magazine. The Restoration EP is her first published recording; Toni’s Room is her first published book. Toni currently resides in Media, PA. For more info, visit www.tonitalove.com and https://tonilove.hearnow.com/.