I Need a Light

I am lost

the dark that never bothered me

as a child

now breathes and moves

 brings monsters that were hiding under my bed

to life

it yearns to drink

my innocence

like a newborn vampire freshly awakened from the grave

My kingdom for some holy water! 

anything to clear the blood

pounding through me

footsteps are getting closer

I cannot outrun my shadow

it festers in secrets

creates secret societies

societies in hiding demanding the truth

a silent shout that no one can hear

who would want to?

I push

fight

scream against the coming storm

My light has vanished

that shimmering

narrow beacon of hope

which wasn’t enough to conquer the nightmares

In fact it gave them a taste of who I am

and I am sweet.  

Seduce Me

"Seduce me. Write letters to me. And poems, I love poems. Ravish me with your words. Seduce me."

Anne Boleyn

Words unravel who we are, what we want, and what we covet.

Rise to the occasion and unhook the seven veils of my desire

Peel the layers one by one like Salomè.

Leave me breathless

Seduce me.

Use your words to caress the innermost portions of my mind.

Enter my imagination and ravish me.

Pray at the altar that is my body and stir a fevered need

Keep me restless

That is a sign of your devotion.

You hunger for words unspoken to move me

You wonder if daring deeds and bold moves will shake my heart

That is not the way

Write a poem on my skin

Pay homage to my hips

Leave me breathless.

Seduce me.

For nothing is more erotic than to be understood.

What is Poetry to Me?

I have a craving
a need to write
It courses through my fevered mind
causing the fire of creation to my fingertips
as I grasp pulsating pen to paper there is a release
I am satisfied for the moment but never satiated
not fully
next idea
half-baked and irresistble
soldiering on a new chapter