love cycles

like the red sock that inadvertently

 ends up in

the white laundry

you slipped unnoticed

into the centre of my

plain vanilla white world

you were striking and colourful
 boldly stepping into 

the unguarded door 

of my heart.

you invited me to dance

a slow twisted tango

and i blushed subtle shades

of scarlett at the heat

of your touch. 

gyrating, rotating

to the beat of a spinning drum
bleeding all over
me, 'til
i was bled dry

love cooled, 'cause you changed
the choreography

then tossed me aside

leaving me with only warm memories

and a crimson stain

it's a cycle i will repeat

 fully aware that

this isn't normal. i believe normal
is just a setting on

the tumble dryer

Posted for One Shot Wednesday

three small words

won't you say it
and then say it like you mean it
and move your hand away
i don't want you to screen it
in front of witnesses
so others say they've seen it
baby say it
say those three small words
to me

won't you say it
make it pleasing to my pallate
hey, no pressure
i don't want to use a mallet
choose your own words
let's not take this to a ballot
baby say it
say those three small words
to me

don't buy a card
and tell me Hallmark says it better
don't put your feelings
in a long well-worded letter
don't buy me underwear,
or flowers or a sweater
baby say it
say those three small words
to me

you think by gesture
there's some way that i might know it
or maybe "date night"
is the modern way to show it
just say it simply
you don't have to be a poet
baby say it
say those three small words
to me

you vowed it once
but now i think that you might fear it
and if i hint
you just avoid and won't go near it
but i'm a woman
sometimes women need to hear it
won't you please...
please say those three small words
to me



(i love you)

Duel

Duel

Beloved, how oft dost thou slay me

Upon a bed of wanton splendour?

How oft art thou kisses fierce, yet tender?

I shrink not from thine advance, but 

Hold stance in surrender

Take up thy sword for again we will duel

In retreat, I am felled o'er silken sheets

Locked in combat,  we trade blow for blow

Mine eyes disarm, thine arms disrobe

And whispered words caress a lobe

Shield me with the scent of thy skin

Leave me contorted and quivering

 Under thy tumoultuous touch

Thy beating heart muting the sound

Of our battle cries. As we rise...

 Come thou, release unto me

 The raging fuel of thy fire

 Extinguish my eternal flame, 'til I lay

Parched and drenched, spent,

At the sweet exchange

Full moonlight surveys a carnage

Of twisted limbs ensnared in an embrace

We arise, only to crown each other

 Victorious. This was war

And love conquered

Posted for Magpie Tales and One Shot Wednesday

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Before & After: A Duet

Before...

For a time
I was yours and you were mine
And we shined
Like a myriad diamonds mined
Intertwined
Every border undefined
And all I can remember
Is what I can't forget
Just you and I, a love song
A Duet

After...

What remains?
A gaping canyon in the plains
Uncontained
Are the tears that flow again
Nothing gained
But the wisdom from this pain
And all I will remember
Is what I won't forget
That you and I, we once were
A Duet

Hurry

Hurry

limbs lock

hips rock

 Sumo fashion

red hot

g-spot

lightening passion

his greed

her need

5 minute ration