When I Belonged to You

"It was so hard to let you go..."

I saw your picture the other dayIt made me think of you, of us, of whenIt was a long time agoWe were lovers then and every moment was excitingI belonged to you in so many waysYet you belonged to me...

Jasmin – The Sultan’s Daughter

"Royal princess thwarts father's wishes and discovers love"

The head eunuch entered my quarters, bowed, and excused himself for arriving unannounced. “Princess Jasmin, your father requests your presence at dinner tonight.”“Does he?”“He requests that you make yourself the most beautiful you can and also requests that you borrow...

Mindful Masturbation

"Sometimes, it takes an external force to arouse the internal spirit."

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.  -Friedrich Nietzsche                               Feels like it’s still morning, I think. Hard to tell time from the trace of filtered light peeking through tiny creases in the hotel’s blackout shades.I...

The Flowering of Love

"A flower is more than its petals, it is a metaphor"

It had been a long week. We were both busy, and had scarcely seen one another during the whole week.There is nothing unusual there.We are both professionals, whose profession is not just a job, but part of who we are....

Moving In

"I dedicated this poem to Cara back in September 2017"

I’m just a girl who fell in loveFor that I feel no shameI told you that I love youYou said you feel the same I asked you to move in with meTo spend our time togetherLive our lives and share our...

I woke to find you gone

"All that remains of her page is an error code"

To where did you decide to run, my love?What thing made you take flight and leave this place?I would have found a way to stop the shove,That took you away, outside my love, my grace.You can be like a skittish...

Joyful Agony

"Do you ever think of me?"

The night shadows sweep across the moonlit ceiling. They are ghosts of who we used to be.I’m haunted by your intoxicating whispers,Uttered as we hurtled towards a magnetic destination;The climactic apex of Joyful Agony.           Our hearts’ cadence...

That Summer

"that summer was hot"

That summer Love was brand new He showed her things She only read about in booksHe opened her eyesTo so many new things She taught him How to love again He guided her She trusted him He is her only desire She is his is precious treasureTheir love was...