Lonely Lust Poems

I’ve known the streets: Places where the night lingers and the echoes of passing cars feel distant.

My feet have grown accustomed to the dim-lit alleys.

I...

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Unlikely Mike
by Michael R. Burch

I married someone else’s fantasy;
she admired me despite my mutilations.

I loved her for her heart’s sake, and for mine.
I hid my...

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A Cruel Twist of Fate

Silent rendezvous
Destiny’s cruel twist of fate
Lost chance forever


Love’s Chance

Whispered in the breeze
Meeting place but I’m alone
Love’s chance slips away


Empty Bench

Time slips...

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Maybe it's the music
the lyrics
causes one to
sing along
I know that the
composition
Is the best part
Of the song
Isn't it a honor
From the jesture
when you asked
Me to dance
Lying...

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King's Ball
Am I your secret light, hidden from day? 
I am your reflection of moonlight you say? 
Although, your light touches my heart in this...

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I met the devil on a Friday night.
We danced to the phat bari sax.
Smoke choked out any words I could say,
Paying a heavy tax.

The sky...

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Could it be love when shadows overlap
Their beings blending, doubling to dark
Embracing tiled or terra cotta floor
Sliding silently as silhouettes of shame
Clinging to the still...

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we go ice skating 
we go sledding, we go fight in the snow 
 your cheeks are red because it’s cold, 
my cheeks are red...

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You defy belief
Thanks dear
I mean, seven in the morning, and you’re sober
Pub went on fire, early night
Someday you will die a lonely man
My God, that...

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Once you owned my soul
Desire clouded me.
Your touch was burning ,fire
My body wanting , free
I don't know when that changed
Where it all went wrong
But now...

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Behind the polished brass and red cedar
She lifts the florescent bottles and glasses
At her own classy pace

She’s earned that right by now
I understand well

Her beauty...

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I loved you
I lusted you
I needed you
I trusted you
I imagined you
I imagined you to a fault
I imagined you at the expense of your reality
I lived...

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A young lady was wickedly chased
by a man with intentions not holy.
Though once so incredibly chaste,
her innocence now was not wholly.
He cleverly seduced with a...

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I have no reason to hate
And every reason to love
Like the doves flying above
The palm trees to celebrate
That they're heading to a date
Tonight to have...

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It's been a while; I hear her say;
since parted lips have come my way,
felt eager breath hot on my face,
my aching heart once more to...

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