Song sung blue

The music of the singing strings
the melody and rhythm brings
and prints a pretty pattern to the ear.

The poetry of metre fine,
of effortless and flowing rhyme,
is close akin- to music very near.

The two together make a song
so well connected, seeming strong,
and memorable for all of us to hear.

Then, in a waltz, they consummate
a marriage of the intimate-
a swirling sensitivity, so dear.

She came in through the bathroom window (18+)

Long years of erotic starvation
have lent my dream-painter a lover’s license.
This night. This tumescent night.
This hot tumescent night.
I am sweating, splayed on the sheets, sex switch ON.
I follow your scent from the sidewalk outside.
What will your face look like?
Now, I hear the bathroom window slide open.
I have left the light on, just for you.
You must be slim, a gymnast, I think as I hear
two bare feet smack the floor at once.
Then, a little giggle.
An elfin face with raven hair
pokes once past my doorframe,
wearing a very naughty smirk.
From the bathroom, I hear an undressing sound.
Zippers? Satin against skin?
Some toes, a foot, a calf, a knee appear.
Delicate hands grip the door jamb,
and you, my delightful elf, venture another appearance.
You swing sideways, holding the door, like a pole dancer.
White bra and panties, and you have put on bobby socks, sweat scented.
I am fibrillating, paralyzed with anticipation.
You reveal yourself, full on in the window’s moonlight.
Your pretty head tilted aslant, eyes wide, little smile,
asking approval.
There’s some oddness about you that drives me to madness.
It’s the way you stand.
A little knock-kneed, a little pigeon-toed.
With those socks and cotton panties and the bashful grin,
I am almost at the top, without even touching you.
I rise, tucking in my belly a bit.
I open my arms, you come to me.
Almost nose to nose now.
You were made for me. Who do I thank?
I bend, pick you up in your lightness, lay you down.
You on your side, I on mine, we entwine.
I explore your face, your hair.
My hands expose a delightful ear.
I nibble, holding your shoulders.
Lifting your chin, I kiss gently underneath.
Your breath quickens a little, you guide my hands.
To the soft firmness of twin peaks.
One finger marks out its territory,
skiing, skating, sliding, stepping up
to the cherries on top.
Can we have a taste?
A little whipped cream, perhaps.
Now your scent rises the more,
and your knees move against one another,
popsicle toes gripping the sheets.
I wish to save your velvet valley for the last,
but you have insistent hands.
You left those cotton panties on,
and they’re a little wet now,
as you guide my wrist beneath.
Those knees, they’re killers,
and you can’t stop moving them.
Your pigeon toes have them in a lock.
But I have the key.

the diddler

I diddle away here
when maybe I should be
washing the dishes
vacuuming the floor
going for a walk in the false spring
fighting for a cause
helping the poor
letting God see i’m paying my debt
even though he knows it’s just appeasement

somewhere in the Bible there’s a story
about a rich man who gave away
much of his fortune
for he had heard that rich men have
as much of a chance of getting to Heaven
as a camel has of passing through the eye of a needle
and then there was a poor man
who lent his last penny to help someone
and we know which one God smiled upon

so this diddling, this “writing” if you will
is, most times, all that emanates from me

even now, I feel the push
to go and seek, go and do

Let me up, let me up
and I will.

my number one fan

I sit on the edge of the bed
pull on the socks, jeans, suspenders, shirt
while the dumb animal lays out flat on the covers
after it’s followed me from the breakfast table
to the shower to the bedroom

it’s my number one fan, you know
cocks its head slightly
to match my vision’s angle
then makes those bedroom eyes

in the purring, in the flexing of those grey mittens
such serenity, peacefulness, feline fulfilment

I have the foolish thought
I would like to change places with you
just for a day
I want to love like you
and feel love, like you
nothing mattering
except we two

thanks for your support (*Graphic)

you do not understand
do you even want to?
when you look at me
with derision in your glance
and say get off that shit
snap out of it
what is wrong with you
and I snap, but not out of it
and say thank you for your support
now fuck off
a terrible terrible thing to say
then I go to bed
and have black dreams
and what is worse I am not sorry
we do not talk for days
I tell you I am cold turkey now
by way of a half assed apology or excuse
your look says are you looking for sympathy?
I tell you I have been clean for two months now
struggling to be strong
but some nights I need a little help
you find my white paper bag
with the drugstore sleep aids in it
and say I thought you were off that shit
and I say I am, this is only kids stuff
and I don’t take it every night
you say maybe if you didn’t take that damn tablet to bed
and turn off your light at a reasonable hour
it might help eh?
I have seen a therapist
they say maybe you should too
get educated a little?
you say you don’t need any help

joy has been gone too long too long

this circle is vicious

rebirth

somethin’ dirty
somethin’ bad
somethin’ insidious
bought with the coin of weakness

is losin’ its grip on little old me
ah, I can feel it
tentacle by tentacle
prong by prong
sinew by snapping sinew

is it gonna go quietly?
not a chance.
it bellows and hollers in my dreams.
but I analyze those cries, and surprise!
it is only the impotent rage of defeat.

each day now
I poke a little further
out of the eggshell
spring’s a-comin’
spring’s a-comin’
ah, Lordy
spring’s a-comin

The Story of My Tree

What a beautiful piece.

Leah's avatarNothing Gold Can Stay

I know what you must think
When you see my barren limbs.
You see an old tree that looks dry and wasted.
It’s true that my leaves had fallen, seemingly, never to return
And the bloom of my youth is a fuzzy dream that
Floats on the edges of memory.

Aw, but you are wrong! I am far from dead!
And I’m not just any tree, I was chosen for a special purpose!
I know that somewhere out there I have not been forgotten.
So sit awhile with me and if you listen,
With more than ears, I will tell you a story.
I will tell you about my girl.

I remember it was a bright spring morning,
And my friends, the birds, were just stirring from my branches.
When, suddenly, they leapt to the air in a flurry of fright
As a man climbed onto one of my great…

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