Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Released

I'm in the midst of drafting a couple new pieces but I haven't had much quiet time to wrap my mind around them.  So I'm going to 'cheat' and re-post one I wrote last year that's very close to me.  Bear with me, I hope to have something new soon.




Released

What goes on in your good-girl mind
Hushed from temptuous thought and deed,
As if being done a favour.
“Please do tell me how to act," they think to hear,
"For I know not what I want.”
Oh, if they only knew of the strength of your desire
To unfurl your wings in their midst
And fly untethered.

But when night visits and your thoughts play alone
And you drift, freeing your will from another’s grasp
What do you dream as your eyes weigh heavy?
While The One beside you sleeps.
Do you welcome another to your door ,
To your bed?
Do you breathe his breath as your own,
Heart against heart
Feeling his life inside you.
Writhing beneath the weight of his mass,
Giving in to that beautiful release.
Breathless body strewn across crumpled sheets,
Spent, used,
But blissfully fulfilled.
And again.

And the hours pass unnoticed,
Their birth and decay measured only
In reckless heartbeats
Teeth-torn wrappers scattered around you.
Fading droplets in your glass.
This moment a lifetime.

All too soon the sun greets your window
And The One stirs,
Signalling a return to your world.
Accompanied, yet alone.

What goes on in your good-girl mind
What shadows lurk, what secrets to find?
Would you surrender yourself
For one night of sin
When the wind blows through your door
And the wolf creeps in?



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7 comments:

  1. that's an interesting title for this piece...

    thanks for sharing and
    for your generosity in the comments on my blog.

    best wishes always
    Robyn ;)

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  2. No worries. Sometimes the best pieces come from those we take the time the most on!! :)

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  3. This is beautiful Barry. I haven't red this one yet so it's nice that you've posted it again. Don't worry. I think my muse left me too. I get one word and 2 sentences than a block. Hopefully we'll both post new stuff soon. :)

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  4. Talent. I love how you brought the whole poem together at the end with the question.

    xo, Sophia

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  5. My favorite!!!! I need to risk it and write more like this. At least I started... !

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