Got here from the dirtYou mean the mud?No, mud had waterWe had none.Salt of the earthCause our fields were saltedKilling crops, growing on nothin’.Hard packed soilMade into clayBuilding walls to make us stay.Going down by the river Jordan?Nah, we keep our feet in the soilTouching grassCause we working off our assReach up to the skyKissContinue reading “From The Dirt”
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Shades
Shades Black and whiteWhy hast thou forsaken me? No colorThe rainbow does not fill the page All the discourse seems black and whiteWhere are the shades? Nuance paints within the greysStark lines No curves or bendsInorganic ArtificialNot like the tides or the waves It makes me sadLike Jesus within the garden He weptShadesBlack and whiteNoContinue reading “Shades”
Consummation Consumption Compulsion
Like lust I want to consume your bodyA junkie for the taste of your skinFill my mouth, my senses overwhelm I want you like a drowning man wants airI wake, not from a dream of you,But to manifest my dreams with you upon reality.I will eat you, messily, greedily, completely Wiping your juice from myContinue reading “Consummation Consumption Compulsion”
Comic Book Sans
Zing! Bang! Boom! Do that thing you do. That supercalifragilistic, bombastic, pop ‘em in the lip shtick. Batguy or superwhirl, spiderfan or wander female I marvel at your decency Better you, couldn’t be me. With power comes responsibility All it takes is one day. A dVerse Quadrille with zing. The prompt: Just pen us aContinue reading “Comic Book Sans”
My One Desired
The hint of her arousal sets my desire aflameI can taste her already on my lipsMy mouth waters at the thought of her dampDripping slowly, drop and drip upon my tongueLicking up, around, once again and downGather juices to swallow and become drunk.Let me in my drunken state become one with herOur bodies swaying backContinue reading “My One Desired”
A Hint of Longing
The hint of jasmine a memory of youRolling through my sensesThunder after the rainVanilla wafts with the breezeCombined make melancholy of memoriesBetrayed by scents, my sense left, since you leftA hint of longing I lay upon your doorstep A Quadrille prompt from dVerse. Write a 44 word poem with the word hint in it. IContinue reading “A Hint of Longing”
I Know Not But You
I know not the stars for they hang too high within the sky,Yet I know your eyesThe depths of the ocean I have not traversedYet I feel depth of my longing for youThe heat of July’s dessert’s sun has not burned itself upon my skinBut I’ve felt the heat between us dance upon my bodyIContinue reading “I Know Not But You”
I Own No Other Master / I Fly
I Own No Other Master I own no other masterNoone else carries my heartI kneel before no other masterMy service is theirs aloneI hurt no other masterTears of love fall upon their chestI break no other masterTheir dominance is my submissionI own no other masterFor none other can master me. I Fly When I fallContinue reading “I Own No Other Master / I Fly”
Fragile: A Burning Haibun
Fragile by StingIf blood will flow when flesh and steel are oneDrying in the color of the evening sunTomorrow’s rain will wash the stains awayBut something in our minds will always stayPerhaps this final act was meantTo clinch a lifetime’s argumentThat nothing comes from violence and nothing ever couldFor all those born beneath an angryContinue reading “Fragile: A Burning Haibun”
Acquainted Beginnings
The taste familiar on my tongueA sweetness I thought forgotBetween her thighs I hit the spotA new beginning againI’ve known her love Over many a timeYet never strong enough sustainBut I can’t leaveNor can stay awayMy desire always leads me hereIn this new yearAnd this new timeI swear I’ll walk awayI may be backAs aContinue reading “Acquainted Beginnings”
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