Atrophied Attraction

An old man flirts with a young girl.

Skin so worn

it could have been old leather.

Eyes greedy and needy

for attention to a piteous soul.

He approached me,

a withering man at least

forty years my senior,

with an unsure voice

and shaking hands.

 

I wondered at what

he could possibly  want

from me, a stranger.

Turned out he wanted me.

Those eyes,

starting to sink into sockets,

roved over me.

Disgust rose well and thick

within me.

How badly I longed

to escape the confines

of this sudden trap!

 

Gently, I relinquished

his hold on me with

evasive answers to

prying, invasive questions

from an old man

afflicted with atrophied attraction

for a young girl.

Can one imagine the level

of discomfort endured?

It is not a position

to be desired.

Author's Note

This past weekend I was hit on. Who, you may ask? By an older man, probably about my father's age, who seemed to have something going on.
Honestly, it creeped me out. To you older guys who flirt with young girls, be mindful that they may not be comfortable. For me, it was extremely weird.

Reviews

[Inyourshadow]

There may be snow on the roof but there'd still a fire in the basement lmao.
You poor lady to have your evening ruined this way, not all older men are lecherous lol some of us prefere porridge and their ps3's lmao.
Chin up and don't let it put you off enjoying life Eve.

The reincarted Shakespeare lol

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

oh my goodness. This brought a memory back to me so vividly. I was 22 again and oh so naive. I thought that men in their 60's and older had no interest in sex. I found out otherwise and wanted to bury my head in the sand after figuring out that they really were not dead. Anyway........I am so sorry for rambling. An excellent piece E.V.