Category: The Dark Delights

Of Self and Love

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Form: Free Verse I have no wish to return to the days of youth when my eyes were blind to truth when innocence lacked the wisdom to understand and virtue kindled the lies of self and love I wish I had known then the reality of me and that loving you would open my eyes … Continue reading Of Self and Love

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The Other Gift

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Form: Free Verse A gift that resides deep inside me only shared at my choosing and never freely

It

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Form: Free Verse One winter’s day they looked at me and said

The Artist

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Form: Free Verse The feelings are mine in a stroke of a brush a thousand words hidden in fine lines an image that says nothing in its stillness yet reveals everything in its silence where graphite marks paper there is only truth and my muse stands still whilst my hand follows my eye from his … Continue reading The Artist

Your Choice

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Form: Free Verse I can’t take the power it is not mine to take yet it is my desire to possess it when you choose to give it

Within the Storm

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Waking up from the wonder beyond dreams and I step out into the beautiful world the burn of sunshine on my shoulder and like the vagrant cloud crossing the blue sky I seek the gathering of the storm craving the touch of rain on my shoulder to cool the heat on my skin releasing the … Continue reading Within the Storm

The Waiting

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The virtues of patience are wearing thin when the hands of time stand still after years of waiting so long in anticipation and yet now that I know the time is near I feel it is out of reach that patience running so thin it’s almost out with the mockery of time all doubts have … Continue reading The Waiting

Her Song

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Prompt: A song for your girl/boyfriend Initially looking at the prompt I thought one song, how the hell do I choose just one song from the endless tunes we send each other. Really it wasn’t difficult there has only ever been one song that says it. Don’t suppose Caz will be surprised by it. Nothing … Continue reading Her Song

Atrophy

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Within pleasure the essence of pain stirs an awakening the knowing love will hurt too much but I want you so, I endure the pain as it plunders my senses until I want so much and I can’t instead my thoughts drift to a different dimension an out of body transition so, I can fulfil … Continue reading Atrophy

Grey

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The nights alone as I lay thinking of you as I lay in the cool darkness the images of memory cascade through my mind through my spine through my heart my eyes obsessed by the beauty revealed in a lover’s kiss that delves into the senses without physical touch into the emptiness that feels no … Continue reading Grey

Do You Really?

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You tell me you understand but do you do you really? Do you know what it’s like to be stared at by eyes wondering ‘is that a boy or a girl?’ That!!! I am not a that I am me a person with feelings feelings that burn when they dehumanize me with that you think … Continue reading Do You Really?

Rainbow Kisses

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I want to savour the moment the moment of divine delicious deviant decadence when I know you are mine I want to caress your curves slowly just taking my time tormenting your senses with promises waiting to come and I can watch you taking the tease torn between pleasure and pain I want to kiss … Continue reading Rainbow Kisses

Modus Vivendi

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Before her life existed like a well-rehearsed symphony of things that didn’t concern me happenings that happen whatever the day whatever the weather whatever they happened as they must nobody cared if it rained or not now the rain is a disaster of cataclysmic dimensions and who cares she does like it changes anything but … Continue reading Modus Vivendi

A Work in Progress

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Looking into his eyes all I saw was the temptation tormenting me with the impossibility his eyes beckoning me to let go to surrender beneath the beautiful skies at the edge of worlds the worlds of men and of women joined closer than lovers yet so far apart and he still held my heart as … Continue reading A Work in Progress

Dominance

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That deep part of me I share with you and only you a gift given by choice but not for free for it demands the highest love from you and from me given in honour to be held in trust for it is the soul that lives within me and grows stronger each day nurtured … Continue reading Dominance

Immortal Lust

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That night when I first saw her common sense said feel nothing. She was intensely potent and I could feel her energy ripple through me. My shield of cool detachment shattered when her eyes caught mine and I felt that hunger surge through my blood. Damn in less than five minutes the inner demon had … Continue reading Immortal Lust

Starlight

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I see the stars glisten softly in your eyes as they mingle with the tears you cry the divine wonder of nightly reflections caught in a glance a mere moment of circumstance yet still you deny doubting the veracity of what I see in you questioning my integrity thus, I too question your trust in … Continue reading Starlight

Passing Ship

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I sought the moment in her eyes while denying the turmoil inside my mind my voice coaxing her forward daring her to reach oblivion all for the precious freedom locked in the glowing aftermath of sex embraced in serenity and carnal destruction yet still my soul felt alone isolated from desire rejected by love with … Continue reading Passing Ship

Small Steps

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It will get better this darkness will fade and the inner light will shine through but it takes so long with hopes dashing rebuilding and dashing again my mind shattered by torment empty reflections tormented thoughts of what will be but when, tell me when yet reflections show change happens wiry whiskers replacing gloss no … Continue reading Small Steps