What I Gave You

Now that you have left me for reason,
I am a man of passed-out desires
And passed over dreams
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’m a man of passed-out desires

I have crossed to the other side
And I can’t ever go back.
I'm a man of passed over dreams.
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'm a man of passed out 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'm a man without dreams and desires.

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June 27, 2014
Form: Free Verse
Dr. Ram Mehta
Fourth Place Win
Contest: What I gave by Sheri Fresonke Harper

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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Date: 7/14/2014 1:26:00 PM
This is a powerful poem, Dr. Mehta. I really like your expressive words and openness in this write. Congratulations.
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Date: 7/14/2014 10:33:00 AM
This is a huge write Dr Ram! U Raise the bar with this awesome write! Congrats on big win!
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Date: 7/14/2014 8:57:00 AM
Excellent Dr!! this is one of my favourite entries. I can feel and see a 'different' you in this poem. Congrats on a deserved win. // paul
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Date: 6/27/2014 9:05:00 PM
Ram, a depressed love revamps dreams and desires. This is well written. Enjoyed... Verlena
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