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"You reminded me there could be joy."

Did you find me when I needed you most?Perhaps it is me who found you. Perpetual misery pervaded my mind.Another's folly was my affliction.  Something you wrote seemed familiar.I noticed you once and looked twice. I noticed you twice and smiled;the first smile since my heart's ruination.  A kiss in the...

The first was a rose fleshy and richFragrant aroma seducing my heartVoluptuous petals enfolding my bodyPulling me ever further into its embraceSharp thorns clawing at the fabric of my soul The petals faded the thorns remainedEnsnared entrapped I fought my way...

Villanelle to a Shared Yearning

"Hiraeth: nostalgia tinged with sadness over loss and a yearning for a place that may never have been"

Nostalgia yearns for places never found,We search in hope, with joy, and trusting sighs;Hiraeth is ours, both souls are homeward bound.The hollow echoes with a birdlike sound,A song is heard, it crests and gently dies;Nostalgia yearns for places never found.We found...

sighs

"seek passion"

this is not a sudden storm though it may appear so to those who casually observe. this is a sigh like morning's first breath, deep and long and full of you. its aroma is every sweet memory we ever made, original caresses  hidden among the comforts of familiarity. this sanctuary is fertile nourishing the...

Your smile always shatters meA million shards of longingThe unbearable desolationOf your absence soon forgotten Vanished to your incandescent kissOh! How you fill this emptinessYour beauty is dark sorceryLet loose chaotic ecstasy The devil’s smoulder in your eyesUnspoken invitationYour touch ignites exquisite...

Bonds of Love

"Sometimes the ties that bind, actually set us free"

The silken bonds of your MasteryBind me in placeA hostage for your pleasureI see it in your face A single word not spokenOr even a kiss exchangedYet I feel your love for meThat has never changed Our meetings are in secretFew, and...

"Slowly," she whisperedNot expecting any reprise,"Slowly," he utteredHis immediate reply. Neither touching the otherAs if countries in a cold war,Yet so close they feel their heat,Luring them closer, desparate to explore. So gradual, they see their pulses,The beat frequencies increaseThey move toward...