Friday, December 20, 2024
POETRY - I LOOK INTO THE VOID, AND OTHER POEMS BY DONOVAN BALDWIN, AUGUST 17, 2024
I look into the void
Selecting words with care,
Strong enough to withstand,
The cold of rejection,
Or the fires of desire,
Honest enough to change,
Without changing meaning,
For they are forged with love,
Brought by gods and goddesses,
Who taught how to make
Malleable metal into
Silken webs of words
To capture and hold
Heart's desires.
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naked in moonlight
shining silver secrets black
wishing he could see
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afraid to answer
holds her breath in silent hope
poet hears heartbeats
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goddess of desire
flesh and bone and arch and sigh
embrace that's love itself
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amazing such soft words
draped and dragged across her skin
could be so arousing
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you know i watch for you
your thoughts make my poetry
have reason and purpose
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so many years passed
since i last believed in love
some scars not yet healed
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never knew love as a child
found it once as an adult
tossed it away certain
i would find love again
but never did...
if you find it
hold onto it
or it might not
appear again
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somewhere beyond braille
lies the ability to taste, to feel,
the rising symbols of desire,
the unwritten responses
the pouring out of inks
as passion's catalysts
blend and bind, words
becoming sweet desserts,
of delicious tinctures
intended to be devoured
she shivers with delight as
his lips and tongue make haste
to read the love words
pouring from her skin
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bound with see-through words
stationary as she swallows
a pouring of poetry
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my single tattoo
invisible to all but me
your mark on my heart
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i've abandoned love
left it in the place it left me
perhaps someone will find it
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quirky sense of humor
i even laugh at funerals
except my own of course
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watching you watch the pen in my hand
the words striking your skin like a candle's wax,
the way you rise in anticipation of the next...
the arch and quiver as each strikes,
the panting gasp the guttural growl
as the kitten becomes tigress in need
begging for the next burning pleasure
to leave its mark on naked flesh
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he's slowly dying
soon only words all that remains
and they too will fade
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his words upon her
she appears gladly startled
at how they touch her
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when mind and body need
without planning or direction
fingers know her wants
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glad surprise as he
arrives unexpectedly
joins in her pleasure
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forget the others
trust the one for whom you shine
smiles because you exist
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do what you desire
your joy and pleasure means most to me
your happiness is mine
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i'll never be jealous
if you're living true desires
honest with yourself and me
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gods invented pleasure
made it a sin for mortals...
unbelievable
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Labels: donovan baldwin, poems, poetry
# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 11:34 AM 
