Phantom Touches

"Imagined love, sharper than any real embrace."

In the quiet hum of daily breath,Small moments cut through empty space,Stark fragments of what might come next,Bare truth pressed against time's hard face.A glance across the crowded bar,Skin electric, breath caught tight.Hands gripped hard, blocking out the far,Promising: I...

The Virtual Life

"It isn't for all but may be for some."

I miss the smileGreeting me in the mornings.I miss the voiceWhispering sweet nothings.*I miss the kisswhich came with a hug.I miss the highbut it now comes with a tug.*Time flies so fastPeople can changeIn a fleeting momentOne can turn strange.*One...

Silence

"What is silence?"

Quiet.Heart be still, as I deny myself the pleasure of his memories.Smother the sound of the moans that made me once free. Let them sink back.Let them rest.Silence. Wipe from those mirrors the images of our sinful embraces.Forget the colors...

Dreaming of Sara

"Young man, after loving young woman,fears the efficacy of dreams"

I awaken slowly. Light on the window suggests 6.00 am. Dreaming? I used to dream a lot in my youth. I recall the gorgeous lady passing me in the supermarket where I worked before university. Her thighs exposed in the...

Alive in Flight

"Let it burn and burn so I know that I'm alive in flight."

Eyes open, another breath escapes, another morn.Although alone, I know you've been here all along.I breathe you in like a long drag off a cigarette.I stubbornly refuse to exhale.I love to feel you like chemicals inside,Soaking through my skin,to saturate...

Goodbye … I Wish You Well

"Love, even though …"

Our heady daysof sex surpriseset us ablazebetween our thighsand masked the fearthat nothing moremade us adhereat thirty-four.The sweaty heatof burning lustmade Hope's conceitincongruous.Your desperate grasp,my frenzied kiss,our unveiled gasp,left us remiss.The Future gavethis to impart:"Though you've been brave,you’re best apart."Razed...

Give Me Strength!

"Toy Story 2"

I’m lying here feeling tired and unwanted.  No energy, no buzz.My goal in life is to keep her happy but all I can hear is the smack, “ow” of the paddle and noises of pleasure and pain.I yearn to be...

The Place We’ve Never been

"May we share a time that never was"

May we returnto the place, we've never been?I knew you oncewhen we were young,you must have livedbefore.Yearning for a timewhen youth enveloped me in joy;were you there?It seems you must have beenthough impossible,to be sure.Not yet born.But living,alive,in my yearning...