My name is George Cook owner of the African American web site Let's talk Honestly and here is the winner of my weekly poetry contest where you the reader vote for the winner. If you are interested in submitting a poem to this free contest just go to http://www.letstalkhonestly.com

Too Little Too Late
I found my soul mate, ten years too late and now I'm lost amongst the ones trying to find a place to embrace my new reality. Dealing with second rated men who weren't made for me. Watching my life being lived through the shoes of another female as I try and hold on to all memories that I have of him.
How can I let go? How can I walk away from the only true love that I've ever known? How can I possibly release my soul to another man? How can I give myself to anyone else except him?
He's all that I've ever wanted down to his tennis shoes and back up to his pearly thirty- two's, this man is the one that I choose. But I still end up loosing and my heart continues to be bruised and I don't know how to soothe it. So what can I do to patch this wound?
When I'm sick he's my medicine, when I'm lost he's my map of directions, blowing in the wind. Do I have to live the rest of my life stressing that I was cheated in the soul mate selections? There has to be at least one person out there who understands my circumstances, and can give me a seconds chance with the somebody that I was meant to spend my life with.
Cashawna M. Knight
CM_Knight5@yahoo.com