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Petra Mallett Poem
Reckless flirtation:
The lingering sweetness of wine hindering rationale
as lips engage greedily;
heated breath intoxicating drunken senses even further.
Desire for exploration heightens arousal for the taboo ~
revealing an innate urge to satisfy the hunger within.
Casting aside caution in an attempt of sustaining entrancement
enables pursuing flesh to connect in frenzied abandonment;
propelled by an ache for release necessitated by instinct.
And in the aftermath,
chilled by impetuosity still moist from the volume of thirst ~
two souls waiver in the realization of their actions,
as silent tears of ignominy wash blame from their wringing hands....
Copyright © Petra Mallett | Year Posted 2006
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Stolen moments suspend me in time.
Moments with you I seek to find.
Reviving my breath,
Sustaining my soul:
And once again I am whole.
Whispered fantasies tease my mind
Vibrant on the wings of faith:
Senses waken; desire consumes
Craving yet another taste ~
For one word spoken:
To engage in just one look
To savor one more touch.
And in the anticipation of reckoning
Relinquished by the night,
My heart aches from the intensity of rapture...
Calling me home.
Copyright © Petra Mallett | Year Posted 2006
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Curiosity sparks the flame anew;
desire burns from thoughts of you.
Anticipation spreads its entangling web,
and I'm caught in the longing for more.
Dare I dream that you are real?
Dare I dream these emotions to feel?
Dare I expose my heart to your touch,
and let your love heal me (wanting too much...)
One lifetime... two hearts....
One love....
Pray will last.
(approx. 1997)
Copyright © Petra Mallett | Year Posted 2009
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Longing consumes me
As my heart beats with fervor
For my noble knight...
For a day passes
Slowly until the night comes,
Yielding him to me.
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What is this Evil
Growing inside me?
Who gave it legs and
Permission to feed,
On this - my own life….
Why can’t I cut
This evil out?
Why can’t I bleed
Fountains of youth?
I cry tears,
anguished pain;
Yet nothing…
Nothing
Can save
…me.
(written August 19,2008 as a result of learning of my mother in laws inoperable lung cancer.)
Copyright © Petra Mallett | Year Posted 2008
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A tear ~ solitaire:
Faint whispers of loneliness
Echo as it falls.
Copyright © Petra Mallett | Year Posted 2006
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A life so fragile, placed in your hands,
To mold and teach to understand....
To mold a caring and honest soul,
to teach morals, and to set a goal.
To understand feelings, to accept without change,
to love without judgment,
To be a friend
A live, MY life, placed in your hangs,
to watch me grow, to help me plan.
To know one day you must set me free
to live the life I choose for ME.
(written approx. 1983, for Soni.)
Copyright © Petra Mallett | Year Posted 2009
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Caught
As though magic has cast
A hex upon me
Hi-jacking my fortitude...
Dominating my senses.
And yet I dare not breathe....
Ravenous for more...
Fearing I might break the spell.
Copyright © Petra Mallett | Year Posted 2015
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Broken promises lie scattered at my feet
An aching fills my empty heart.
Hopes which once were firmly grasped,
Lies have ripped apart.
Unanswered questions invade my mind
Seeking answers never to find.
I close my eyes in anxious vain,
Never to trust again.
Naivete begets wisdom.
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Torn ~
Wanting to feed the life
Yet choking on its breath.
Numb ~
Emotion recognized yet denounced:
Feigning nonchalance.
Tears of denial fall
Yet are absently dismissed.
And still they burn in their
Path of descent
~ Scarring the soul.
And what consequence will be suffered?
~ Before forgiveness is granted (if at all…)
And will repercussions be faced?
(As penance for my sin...)
Or will the torment of the act
Sufficiently suffice:
Continuously reminded by the
Guilt that cannot rest,
Tucked loudly in the corners of my mind...
Copyright © Petra Mallett | Year Posted 2006
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