Dr.Ram Mehta Poet Free verse

Still the Same Man In My Own Right

I caressed your body all along the day,
Planted my affection on your lips
Surely it will stay there forever.
Hope, will stay there forever.
I was a man of great dreams and desires

I never treated you a subordinate eve
What I gave you was privileged pleasure
I never gave you the pain of childbirth 
It was I who ate the forbidden fruit of Eden.
Committing adultery in my old age.
I was a man of great dreams and desires.

Now that you have left me for reason,
I have unlearnt to find safe line
Between teasing and pleasing you.
I am yet to learn the difference
Between bare-breasts & fashionable breasts.
I am still the same man in my own right 

I have crossed to the other side
And I can’t ever go back.
I am still the same man in my own right

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September 1, 2014
Form: Free Verse
Dr. Ram Mehta
Contest: When Doing Wrong feels So Right by Jared Pickett

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Andrea Dietrich September 1, 2014 at 4:12 PM gosh, I was thinking maybe this was for the confessions contest. Other poems of yours I have read, led me to believe you are now divorced? Is that true? I enjoyed the sincerity of this one. Dr.Ram Mehta September 2, 2014 at 4:46 AM We have celebrated 55th Marriage Anniversary last May. Dr.Ram Mehta September 2, 2014 at 4:43 AM Andrea. We are still strongly united and in our late seventies. I will be 80 years old this September 30.

Jan Allison September 1, 2014 at 3:44 PM excellent write Dr Mehta:-) good luck in the contest:-) Hugs jan xx

Faye Gibson September 1, 2014 at 2:54 PM Well done, Dr. Ram. Best wishes in the contest.

Dr. Upma A. Sharma September 1, 2014 at 8:11 AM Brilliant write Dr Ram. Good luck to u.

Maurice Yvonne September 1, 2014 at 7:43 AM Excellent. Good Luck in the contest.

Shadow Hamilton September 1, 2014 at 7:01 AM a good take Ram well penned gl in contest hugs

Ravi Sathasivam September 1, 2014 at 6:48 AM Excellent. Well penned. Enjoyed. Tfs