♪ "It's our anniversary." ♫

Today marks five years of couple-dom with the absolute sweetest, most adorable woman I've ever known.

I am truly in-love. I'm sure some folks get it twisted when they note my appreciation for the female form. As that Winn-Dixie clerk put it, "If you've got a girlfriend, what are you doin' lookin' at other women." I reiterate, "Because my eyes still work!"

Please don't confuse this for a lack of appreciation for my lady. The woman looks, feels, smells, sounds, and tastes heavenly. I'm talking about somebody who appeals to all five senses.

I stare at her so frequently, I'm sure it could be unsettling, but she seems to be used to it, now. I am truly in awe of her physical presence, from head-to-toe. That includes the things everyone else can see and all the things that are for my eyes only.

I sound like a guy from one of those old corny Dove soap commercials, but I swear, "My lady's skin is so soft, I can't stop touching it!" It's true. She's soft and feminine in presence and physicality. That's something that amazes me about women and babies, but m'girl takes it to another level. I just need a lil rub or touch or kiss to get me my fix and she gets to enjoy another 5 to 10 minutes o' freedom (from my caresses, I mean).

Her scent does something to me. I can just hear some old Black folks, now, "Damn, that gal sho' got his nose WIDE-OPEN!" I've always assumed, from the context, what they meant by that. I guess they've got a point.

For the better part of a year, I was working in Texas, so I only got to talk to her over the phone (we weren't a couple, at the time). In that time I fell completely in-love with this woman's voice. Like her manner, her voice is so soft and sweet it's hardly there at all. Of course, this results in a lot of, "Huh? Whadjusay?!" But the simplest words filtered through her lovely lips are too melodic to describe. I could listen to that tune all. day. long.

My sweetie puts up with quite a bit of kissin' and nibblin'. It's a shock there's anything left of her to nibble on. Regardless, my lips have touched just about every part of her body a hundred times over and I plan on increasing that number exponentially in the coming years. When I say she's sweet, I mean that in every possible sense of the word.


This lady is my heart and she surprises me every day with a boundless beauty that permeates her entire being.

I hope everyone finds someone like this to cherish and spend a lifetime with, but don't look this way because like that old classic commercial says, "Nuh-UH, my brutha. YOU gots t'get yo' OWN!"


Happy Anniversary, Victoria. I love you.