Peter and I have been a couple for 4 years.
Is it funny - odd funny - that we still mack-out in elevators?
Every time we kiss I feel like I’ve won the man-lottery,
that I’m counting and spending the loot all at once.
The man stirs my chemicals.
The bell dings and we separate like caught kids.
The inside elevator door’s mirrored - he’s so handsome.
I know writers are alchemists, that we’re guilty, at times,
of gilding the ordinary until it shines - but he’s the real deal.
.
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Songs for this:
There goes my baby by Kelly Jones
When tears soaked pain in pity
and forced man and God from Junction City
They prayed he'll come again
when the whites melt
forcing $hi# and sticks
down the hungry storm drains
Can ladies be gentle, man?
What if he's a gentleman;
a saint of undeniable piety?
Will she walk the desirable side
or otherwise, be lost in hidden cares
life spoke of a worthy deity
with a good man at his right?
Man and wife will have no fear
when minds are well aware of his delights
What is the place where we are at
where fingers tell who's at fault?
A nurse is inside every house,
every wound is packed with salt
with all corrosions seeping out
Curses are filled with excerpts
from newspapers and vlogs
Her youthful mouth beneath
blue eyes filled with blood and bogs
would say "Fake news is for feral dogs,
we are in a tamer time"
People have baggages;
two honeymoons and domestic fervor
Muy Leal, they ate mofongos
elsewhere, it was fracas in placentas
This is where they now lie together,
living on and off like FM radios
Tomorrow, is Test Day;
An unknown fear made way
Went to pray to HIM seeking personal favor.
Asked HIM to bless courage
to get through, must flourish
in the tough competitive test, to be saviour.
Felt assured to get HIS
grace, fear cleared as it is.
Believed everything will be good on exam day.
Surprised to see too tough
questions knew hard enough
to attempt; perturbed thinking how to write, must say.
But someone in my mind
tells have fun, start you'll find
abundant thoughts for each question when you answer
when started to write find
supported facts in mind
with full information; amazed how I've answered.
I must tell cleared the test
all was well, no fear left;
they informed, appear for an interview shortly.
Doubts no more, thoughts refreshed
equipped for day not stressed
Confident HE'll help to face interview smartly.
~X~X~X~
The way a devoted fan
refuses to wash the hand touched by the one they admire,
I recoil at the thought
of thoughts that may interfere with our most recent talk,
close my eyes so no new images hide
the sight of your smile, your lips pursed in thought,your thin fingers brushing the wind-blown hair from your face,
your leopard print sneakers,
your hands in mine....
Or was it mine in yours?
This is the dreaded foretaste of suffering,
We both know what harm can come from holding on too tightly.
We have learned by now that all things are impermanent;
Nothing,not even this,
should be clung to.
We have wisdom
on our side,you and I
and this is why we
should survive this unsettling flood of love we feel.
Swirling spirit don’t be cruel to me
Mind moving spin set sail to sea
Churning, swooping, birling inside
Stirring feelings like a stormy tide
Waves of crashing thought
Couples learn eager to be taught
Independent ways of life gone
No more single or time alone
How exciting will a married life be
Played out for all friends to see
Sailing, sinking head in a spin
Emotions high, two hearts will win.
Through a wet night,
And beside an ancient moon,
Came the wolfs howling croon,
Sacred trees breath,
And fire exhausts the soft air,
True Leopards lair.
Lying with eyes of beauty,
And the quiet stillness of perfection,
Silent and soothing,
The velvet wind,
As she licks and teases,
Flicks and breezes under my skin,
And again I'm within her secret layer,
Easing, breathing,
United duelation,
The birth of a nation swims silently in the dark,
Probing sublimation,
Soft and smooth,
To the end of the groove,
And still no more to move,
For sweat speaks exhausted talk,
And pleasure retires to reincarnate,
We've breached the gate,
Coupled warmth smothers,
The light fades,
Woven bodies beneath the moon,
Sleep now for we will awake soon.
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