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What Is Real

I want to taste you again., is that such a sin? Should I hang my head in shame? Will the gates of hell call out the role.. and in list therein find my name? Then let it be so. I've forgotten what it feels like to feel. Let my flesh, our flesh..,decide the difference finally... what is fake and what is real.

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Maurice Rigoler

Date: 4/3/2020 4:53:00 AM

A knotty philosophical question which Descartes attempted to answer with some definity: Cogito ergo sum (Je pense donc je suis), I think therefore I am. Or are we simply an organism experiencing stimuli? Thanks for stopping by. / M

Eve Roper

Date: 3/29/2020 4:50:00 PM

The cravings of the flesh, what is sin and what isn't. Nicely done, Richard.

Simon King

Date: 3/19/2020 10:21:00 PM

A great read and very meaningful

Eve Roper

Date: 3/18/2020 10:36:00 AM

Our feelings are the need of our body and to be confronted with what is fake especially in love.. devastation. well said, Richard.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 3/13/2020 10:09:00 AM

"I have forgotten what it feels like to feel" - if I had a dollar for every time I heard this line I would have about eleven dollars. Fake and real are taking on new meanings. Thanks for pointing this out.

Jesse Zerlaut

Date: 3/9/2020 10:59:00 PM

Really enjoy this one, I understand that need and want for one particular person, quite well. Thanks for sharing, Richard.

Robert Kinard

Date: 2/15/2020 2:45:00 PM

Desire is real Richard, They say love conquers all. But desire is so demanding. This poem was nicely done.

Heidi Sands

Date: 2/10/2020 5:08:00 PM

Richard the flower in my photo is a rose I grew in my garden :)

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/10/2020 10:12:00 PM

Thank you Heidi, What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By Any Other Name would smell as sweet.." W. Shakespeare (always liked that quote) -Richard

Heidi Sands

Date: 2/9/2020 4:37:00 PM

Great one! It brings the reader right to it :)

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/10/2020 9:45:00 AM

Heidi, Thanks for the comment. What pretty flower is that in your photo? I've been meaning to ask you. -Richard

David Smith

Date: 2/9/2020 2:41:00 AM

Nothing like flesh against flesh if both seek that warmth. You nailed the feeling. Soup is good place to take risks with writing. David in NZ ps Hope your poetry is a help in working through any bumps in the road that is your life. Regards David in NZ. ps my First grandchild a boy has turned 1

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/9/2020 12:46:00 PM

David, You are very intuitive, Soup is good food for what ails you. Some damn fine writers here too. If you happen to see Helen Reddy tell her I'm still a fan and always will be. -Richard

Panagiota Romios

Date: 2/8/2020 2:03:00 PM

A deep question contained in substantial verse. Thank you. Panagiota xx

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 11:03:00 PM

Hello special friend. Thanks for leaving that special comment. -Richard

Beata Agustin

Date: 2/8/2020 6:36:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this... poetically enabling one to decide "what is fake and what is real." God bless you.

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 11:13:00 PM

Beata, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" I'm sorry it has been so very long since my last confession. -Richard

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 2/6/2020 1:56:00 PM

- Take a bite ... and some more, Richard :))) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 10:51:00 PM

You know it Anne-Lise..love it or leave it. -Richard

M. L. Kiser

Date: 2/5/2020 12:54:00 PM

Some we remember quite fondly; if we could go back. Well penned with feeling.

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 11:32:00 PM

M.L., Nice to see your comment. Oh we will go back..don't you worry. To relive fantastic fantasies with fond friends, over and over again. Therein lies the true spice of life. -Richard

Gershon Wolf

Date: 2/4/2020 4:31:00 PM

Eternal dilemma of the forbidden fruit. Were it permitted you, would you be so eager?! Food for thought, Richard! ~ Gershon

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 11:16:00 PM

Gershon, Thanks for the wisdom and helping me know my place in the world. I only wanted for want's sake. -Richard

Jan Allison

Date: 2/4/2020 6:02:00 AM

Just go for it:-) we only get one chance in life:-) hugs Jan xx

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 11:26:00 PM

Jan, So what your essentially saying is...okay here goes. Jan, I need you and always have. I won't waste another day living this way. Without the sound of your rushing heartbeat so close to mine. I can't live without knowing you will be okay. If not, say the word and I'll go away. Heehee....! -Richard

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 2/3/2020 7:33:00 AM

What a delemma my friend, Richard! I know this is a marvelous poem but out of character coming from you! The truth is that the heart will sell a piece of the soul for to satisfy itself! Blessings

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 10:37:00 PM

We are strong, No one can tell us we're wrong... Searching our hearts for so long, Both of us knowing Love is a battlefield -Pat Benatar

Silent One

Date: 2/2/2020 1:06:00 PM

Sounds like s dilemma my friend... I say go for it..

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 10:39:00 PM

You are something else Silent One...okay. -Richard

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 2/1/2020 5:07:00 PM

What is real is what is remembered - so go make a hell of a memory!

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 10:44:00 PM

Michelle, 'What is real is what is remembered' is a great quote. And great memories start right here. -Richard

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/1/2020 3:30:00 PM

wow, this is really great. I like Line's word for it "poignant" It is one of the better ones I have read today. and I think my last one. Looks like I got caught up to comments and good thing, I am borrowed time here at the library today!! No internet access at my home right now. me oh my!!

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 10:54:00 PM

Andrea, I fell so far behind. I'm gonna catch up some day. For now keep rockin' my world with your prose. -Richard

Line Gauthier

Date: 2/1/2020 9:26:00 AM

A poignant poem, Richard. Well penned.

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 10:59:00 PM

Line, Hello there. Thank you for being part of my day, thank you for being part of my life. -Richard

Vijay Pandit

Date: 2/1/2020 7:04:00 AM

Not a sin at all, Richard--that is the power of longing--you raise those doubts relationships face.

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 11:00:00 PM

Vijay, Thanks for that comment. You know where the heart longs to belong. -Richard

Tom Cunningham

Date: 2/1/2020 5:01:00 AM

A very thought provoking verse Richard and one I often ask myself. Enjoy the weekend. Tom

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/8/2020 10:27:00 PM

Thanks for the comment Tom. Sometimes the heat from the heart beats out the ideal of the head. -Richard