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By Donovan Baldwin

Both sacred and profane.

Draw for me secrets

Within your pounding heart.

Song of the ends of

Exhilaration and ecstasy

Of your mind and body.

Step boldly, shyly forward

Eternally exposed by

Trailing transparent words.

How to describe you

Two simple words say so much...

Passionate woman

Write me honest words

Toss veils and cloaks far aside...

Show me who you are

Exposing at last

Your naked soul

Spilling out her words

Poetry in blood red ink...

Ichor of my muse

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 7:30 PM 0 comments

Innocent was I, 

Or so I claim,

Til she,

The agent provocateur...

Sent me coded messages,

Hinting at things real, 

Which I before

Had only dared to dream,

In secret and in silence,

Certain I was alone,

In my disaffection.

Upon the breastworks of

The defenses she erected,

I responded to her blandishments,

"Speak not to me in code,

Agent Provocateur.

If you would incite me and arouse me

To follow you upon this path,

Of danger, excitement,

And adventure,

Say all plain and true,

In words I understand."

Thrusting herself bravely forward,

Her message she presented, 

More plainly,

Clad only in its naked truth,

And I,

Unwillingly,

Of course...

Weakened, and entered in her cause,

Following her along hidden paths,

Which took me to secret places,

Full of danger...

And the ecstasy of daring conflict.

She led me up to tops of mountains,

Where light bloomed in ways,

Which long I had not seen,

Also into deep, dark caverns,

Full of mystery,

For intimate meetings laden with secrecy,

And promises.

She brewed for me a potion,

Guaranteed to win the soul,

Of any to be led to her belief...

A potion which she had ME drink,

To prove its true effectiveness,

Which left me, stiffened with resolve

To join her in her quest,

Until its very end...

A final battle full of fire,

Explosion, and, at last

Luxurious rest due the victorious.

Many times strove she and I together,

Until, one day, she and I stepped forth,

Before the multitude, 

Where I pronounced my allegiance

To my

Agent provocateur,

At the appointed time, turning

To reveal her to all assembled,

Only to find,

Her gone.

I was left alone by her betrayal,

To face two fates:

The wrath of those maimed by my deceit,

But even worse,

A lifetime without

My...

Agent provocateur

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 10:29 AM 0 comments

BY DONOVAN BALDWIN

Sunrise over Benbrook Lake, Texas

It's become a part of my life.

Not the trees and the lake.

I just passed them today,

And I have seen others like them.

Today was different,

Walking by the lake.

As I looked at the morning mist,

Hanging over the lake,

Hiding the trees on the other side,

I wished that she was there.

Not too long ago that

Would not have happened.

Now, everything I see or do,

I want to share with her.

The big squirrel,

The leaf covered trail,

The sunlight on the water,

The fog that replaced it.

All is not complete until

She can see it,

Hear it,

Taste it,

Feel it,

Sense it,

With me.

That went through my mind,

Because,

Today was different,

Walking by the lake.

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 6:40 PM 0 comments

BY DONOVAN BALDWIN

A symphony of secret sin.

I trace them as they strike and flow

Lips and tongue behind them go.

Breathless, I chase the silver sting,

A thirst for wildness, on the wing.

Your skin, a canvas, etched with rain,

My lips, medicine for your pain.

Eager, I pursue each drop

Hoping storms will never stop.

Your body only clothed by rain

So tempting to my fevered brain.

You my feast neath weeping sky,

Dance seductively as I

Touch and taste and drink my fill

Fingers drifting where they will.

So let the rain caress your skin,

Awash with past and future sin,

A promise in those beating drops,

Arousing love that never stops.

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 7:20 AM 0 comments

 BY DONOVAN BALDWIN

Alone in the Universe...

Alone in the dark, forbidding forest of life,

Until...

I heard a sound so sweet,

So compelling that,

I turned to follow it as if,

Fate had decreed I must.

As I walked, the forest became greener,

Flowers bloomed and 

Bushes bore sweet fruit, as

The sound grew nearer... sweeter...

It was a voice, a woman's voice,

And, as my footsteps took me,

Along its path of song and beauty,

I stepped into a glen filled with love song.

There, bloomed all  beautiful blossoms,

There, birdsong accompanied,

The singing of the woman,

Who raised her face and sang to me.

No longer alone was I, who heard the song,

Sung by the sweet woman whose

Shining gaze and loving words,

Welcomed me to her place of beauty.

Without understanding words or song,

I sang back to her as her smile

Widened with understanding and recognition,

And our songs joined and soared....

As did our hearts and souls,

No longer alone, but that best of both,

Lovers in all things who found one another,

In the vastness of the Universe.

And as we sang, the words dissolved

Into only feelings of love and joy,

For there are no words for

The happiness of true love.

Together we sang the song of the lover,

A song different from any other,

A song begun as a solo tune, 

Becoming the best when sung by two.

And so we joined the chorus,

Of lovers past and future,

One bound in joy to one forever,

As they share the song of the lover.

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 11:28 AM 0 comments

When I look into your eyes,

I lose myself,

While gaining so much more.

Our eyes meet and I feel,

Our spirits begin to join.

I feel myself joining with you,

In a way that leaves me without

A full separation between 

'You' and "Me'.

In my mind your whole being

Becomes a part of me

As I feel whatever is my soul,

Trying to fill you up as well.

What was a small, single person

Becomes so much more...

When I look into your eyes.

When I am looking into your eyes,

A change happens in me.

I become more complete,

Yet, at the same time,

More alone.

Your gaze enters me,

Flows into my being,

Filling me with feelings,

I thought were left,

A great distance behind,

In time and space.

You fill me with a warmth

That is a nectar,

Reviving all that used to be,

Before time, and circumstance,

Took what used to be,

Away.

Even though the body remains,

Outwardly unchanged,

The man within does change,

Into a better man,

Happy to be the subject

Of your gaze.

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 7:42 PM 0 comments

Sometimes, I tremble with desire,

Which flames and flares within my heart,

And, forces me to the edge of those...

Places I dare not go...

Things I dare not do...

Words I dare not say...

With relentless power, these desires,

Painfully thrust my timid soul,

Into a world of truth and trust... 

Causing me to wish...

Asking me to share...

Daring me to act...

With each new day, stronger comes desire,

Moving me forward towards a brink,

From which I must confess, that...

I waver in weakness...

I crave fulfillment...

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 7:06 AM 0 comments

Where does love reside?

That warm and tender grandeur,

Which takes my soul to the

Highest of the heights,

Filling me with wonder, and,

Making me, a mortal man immortal,

For who can die when bound to

Boundless ecstasies of wonderment?

Where does love reside?

When hidden from the view,

Of ordinary mortals, yet,

Visible within all spectrums,

To the wondering eyes of 

I, the lover and, you, the loved,

Seeking, and reaching for,

One another, touching in all ways, 

You, the one most loved and,

Sought after with all my soul.

Where does love reside,

If not within my heart?

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 5:47 PM 0 comments

BY DONOVAN BALDWIN

The Crown of Love, 1875 by John Everett Millais (English, 1829–1896)

Have I once known you in

Some other place or time?

Were we lovers then,

Winging forward to the now,

Where we find ourselves

United as before?

These eyes, these lips, 

Seeming delightfully new,

Are yet, somehow,

So famliar, and,

Joyful to behold,

To touch once more...

Or so it seems, that

You and I once were one, 

Lost to one another...

Seeking through eternity,

For that one who

Filled and made us whole.

I gaze upon you,

Reach for you, 

In your newness to

This time and place,

And, with wonderment,

Confused by familiarity 

And ease, must ask,

In this now and here...

Have I known you in

Some other place or time?

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 1:33 PM 0 comments

Echoes from silent walls... as if it mattered,

That she and I had passed this way,

And, parted at the dawn of day.

One hurried night of thoughtless pleasure,

While taken to its coarsest measure,

Within my heart a bright light gleamed,

It had been more than what it seemed.

Touched, oh yes touched deeply by,

The lady who had caught my eye,

Who I had claimed so casually,

Yet, tossed aside so soon to be...

And yet, 'twas I was caught within,

As net of love rose from our sin,

And as I heard the first bell toll,

She left ME there, a joke so droll.

As I lay, unbelieving and heartsore,

She left my world and shut the door,

And let the darkness in my soul,

Yes, on ME a joke so droll.

Copyright February 15, 2024 by Donovan Baldwin

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 1:17 PM 2 comments

By Donovan Baldwin

Words quicker than I think,

Molten flowing thoughts reveal,

A way for poet's heart to heal...

Not sugar sweet nor honey gold

But mere honest words are told,

The secrets buried deep inside,

That love demands I shall not hide.

Stolen glances, pounding heart

The distance that keeps us apart,

The need to see, and touch, and kiss

The needs and wants that we two miss.

Fingers that reach but cannot find

The body hid somewhere behind

Land and oh, the endless sea

Which ever flows twixt her and me.

The laughter that should loud resound,

The oaths by which we should be bound,

The whispers passed by candlelight

Lovers entwined by dark of night.

No ink, no words, can touch the skin.

This separation is a sin.

But, perhaps, these words find grace,

Somehow take my missing place.

Your whispered name upon my lips,

Your phantom at my fingertips.

These poor words all I can give,

And love as long as I shall live.

Ink will fade and paper crumble

But, these words, sincere though humble,

Pressed to your breast, to beating heart,

May cross the distance we're apart.

Copyright December 23, 2023 by Donovan Baldwin

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 10:32 AM 0 comments

By Donovan Baldwin

Wiping blank the destinies once made

An old memory at twilight dies...

An echo of a time we two once knew,

Flickers in the depths of lover's eyes

Somewhere in some ancient unknown land,

At long lost oasis caravans well met,

A tale began which stood the test of time,

Two who knew they were fated and yet...

Though fingers read their secrets,

And lips spoke love without a word,

Love embraced love the ancient way,

Till gasps and heartbeats could be heard...

Destiny moved on, tore them apart,

Destroying kiss and touch and mad embrace,

Mere memories remained of what passed there,

And time moved in to fill the empty space.

Though their world dissolved, apart they lived

And died, from lip to ear the story ages passed,

Reminding lovers of the pleasures of that night,

Till we found each other once again at last.

Copyright December 16, 2023 by Donovan Baldwin

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 8:47 AM 0 comments

When I look into your eyes,

I lose myself,

While gaining so much more.

Our eyes meet and I feel,

Our spirits begin to join.

I feel myself joining with you,

In a way that leaves me without

A full separation between

'You' and "Me'.

In my mind your whole being

Becomes a part of me

As I feel whatever is my soul,

Trying to fill you up as well.

What was a small, single person

Becomes so much more...

When I look into your eyes.

When I am looking into your eyes,

A change happens in me.

I become more complete,

Yet, at the same time,

More alone.

Your gaze enters me,

Flows into my being,

Filling me with feelings,

I thought were left,

A great distance behind,

In time and space.

You fill me with a warmth

That is a nectar,

Reviving all that used to be,

Before time, and circumstance,

Took what used to be,

Away.

Even though the body remains,

Outwardly unchanged,

The man within does change,

Into a better man,

Happy to be the subject

Of your gaze.
- Copyright December 1, 2023 by Donovan Baldwin

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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 6:49 AM 0 comments