A Boy In Heat

Young Boy in Heat

I remember when I was a kid
Maybe twelve or thirteen years old
Just on the edge of pubescence and
Becoming aware of my own sexuality
Drawn to girls for the first time and
Finding them compelling and different
Every sense jumping up when one 
Entered a room I was hanging out in
Leaving me with an odd feeling in 
My lower belly, confusion reigning
In my brain and emotions as to why
And it wasn’t long after my awareness
Of girls that I discovered women
I was a Libra with hormones rising
And almost anything became the fodder
For major teenage sexual fantasies
I was checking out my mother’s friends
Not to mention my friend’s mothers
I was obsessed and testosterone ran amok
The scent of perfume or powder
Scrambling my neurotransmitters
Smelling like notes from a smokey 
Jazz record on an old phonograph
Prominent in a picture on the wall
I’ve chased that mystery since the 
First hair appeared on my chest and
It’s rendered me a very happy man...
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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