Whispered notes upon your shirtSpeaking of my touch Murmurs linger on the sheetsReminders of our lust Our passions of the night beforeTrace my name in air Your lips again pressed to my neckSo warm beneath my hairEach hint of scent a mentionBringing me to mind My presence in my absenceAn aura left behind Soft, yet with such powerYou feel me in your arms Telling you I love youEven when I’ve gone With you so completelySilenc...

Make no mistake  I heard the wordsBut chose not to reply My thoughts are, firstDid you mean to hurt?And if that's so, then why? Have I done wrong?Have I caused harm?What reason could there be? My rig's been tossedMy bearing lostAs I seek calmer seasAbsorbing shockI processAnd line up what to say So when I speakI don't inciteAnd we communicate.

Draw a circle round meLet me look awayProtect me with EnchantmentProstrating what you say Invoking now the barrierA cloak of crystal steelCascading all around meWith no infirmities Your words approach, empoweredBut weaken when they meetMy shield of pure EnchantmentWith its unsurpassed security Standing here well-guardedYour words shall not break throughThey simply freeze and die in air  Then fall unheard from you.

I tried to research sourcesI could find no proof I tried to seek out referencesI guess they all had moved I thought up some trick questionsThey did seem answered right And who says "lie detector test"As a date some night? I wish there were a sure-fire wayTo leach out the truth Instead of just believingWhen you say "I love you."

I said itYou had thought itI thought  What you had saidYou have a wondrous talentFor getting in my head You root around among my thoughtsAnd then they’re on your lipsSpoken in your measured voiceAs though you’ve read the script You speak the words I fear to sayHeld shaded in my heartOnce verbalized, fear fades awayThus losing all its power I love it when we talk aboutHow things make us feelAnd when we manage to resolveAn...

It suddenly occurred to meI’m feeling a clichéWhat else can possibly explainPerceiving things this way? My arms are arms, and end in handsNot wings of gossamerI walk on ground and do not floatLike lepidoptera My heart, it beatsI hear it thumpBut seems to me it singsSurely that’s a neighbor’s musicCarried on the wind? The tingles on my bodyCould the cause be thatI’ve wandered now distractedly  Into a swarm of gnats? A grin...

She stands before youSo sincereHer heart is on displayCradled in her outstretched handsHeld so tenderly You melt to see her standing thereYou want so to believeAnd to accept her offeringYour hands begin to reach And as you do she pulls awaySaying, "you must play the game"And takes you to a tableWhere sit three shells, all the same She sets one shell atop her heartAnd shuffles them aboutAnd under which shell her heart lies...

Grazed by your eyesAs though you have touched meWatching your lipsWhile words emerge softly Speaking to meTelling me moreI just want to stay hereLetting them pour Silken, like scarvesThat trail through my mindThey calm, yet exciteAs I try to slow time And prolong this nightTo capture its passingAs cel by celI live it while watching So keenly consciousOf each matchless momentNo passage of timeShall erode its impact Invokin...

In better timesI bought two heartsBoth were lapis blueOne I set in my glass caseThe other, gave to you I thought it sweetWe each had heartsAnd they were both the sameThough yours went in a little drawerWith papers and loose change The drawer was in a wooden standIn your entrywayAnd where you placed your front door keyThe end of every day When you diedI took the heartTo have it back with meIt sits upon my nightstandI see i...

He left her for youFlashback to high schoolThe snickers, the sneersYou both aimed at her tears In public you preenedAnd canoodled and cooedIn private, she grievedBut did not lash out at you So now it’s laterAnd you are aloneBroadcasting your painSince your love has gone Friends gather roundTo shore up your strengthNo one is jeering  Or rejoicing your fate Stop now and thinkHow it would feelIf people took stabsInstead of h...

Every time you’re mean to meOr when you let me downIn my head I hear a "dink"A hollow metal sound Not the clear ring of a bellOr soothing music chimeNor the striking of a clockMarking out the time "Dink" is disappointmentLead slug in the machineLanding in the coin returnWorthless to redeem The sound of muffled guitar stringsTheir music clipped and flatHopes and dreams that tumbled downA "dink" is all of that Perhaps my ex...

Sheen of leatherFitted tightBlack and shiningCatching lightStretched and twistingOver curvesAndHolding inSo close to bursting Touch of laceAnd naked legsTendons flex with every step Watch her as she walks your wayShantung swish as her hips swayInviting up your mesmered eyesSitting near as her skirt rises Close enough to feel her heatKnowing what you want to seeCasting out her silken luresHinting at what could be yours Whe...

I saw you weakAnd hated youThe way you clung to meYour need so claustrophobicI could barely breathe And yet I felt responsibleNot able to break freeEach time that I would take a stepYour grasp dug into me As though I held the key to youAs though you lived through me You feared that I’d abandon youYou said you’d take your life I’ve become indenturedTo care for you just likeYou were my child and helplessNot partners in a li...

I went away todayDriving in my carI thought of you against meHow strong and warm you are I went away todayTalking on the phoneGripped by those blue velvet eyesYet I was all alone I went away todayGoing through the mailThinking how you tie your tieYour collar slightly frayed I went away todayYou never left my mindThe way you call me "lover"The way our thoughts entwine You went away today.

Unless you hide yourself awayYou’ll likely meet one on most daysYou know the kind - they seem quite niceIf not, then they are harmless types You share a laugh, a latte, lunchOr if online, you talk enoughThat you think this person’s coolAnd you’re no rubeYou’re no one’s fool They share with you their historyYou start to wonder “can it be?”That your new beau, a decent sortCan hate so many known before? All the priors were s...