Holding gently on satisfied lips

Love is conflicting, confusing, we search for love, fall victim to it's perils, and just when we have reached our end, an equal reaches out and brush against us, giving us hope.

In tearful whispers, I cried out

Why does love treat us like unworthy w****s?

begging in deft for that someone

willingly bending over, spreading legs to their want

knowing they will deny us in the end.

I implore you, feel this tender love so deprived

oh how the wishful heart bleeds

carried forth by a callous tramp with an unsatisfied appetite,

practiced manipulation of the w***e’s gleeful wringing hands.

I implore you, bring me your love in promise

run your spinster fingers down the nape of my neck

burrow your tongue into my waiting mouth

whisper down my throat, your desires

and fill my soul with words my heart aches to hear.

Meet me in a lover’s dreams

together, we shall run away

high above the world in which we exist

watching the w***e of hurt and pain

settle into the darkness of human despair.

and if you will meet me in the morrow’s dream

offering the simple gift of self

should you utter love in a selfless breath

I will keep that very breath, twice

holding it gently on satisfied lips.

Reviews

[lisameryl]

What a wild ride! This is powerful and intense verse! Big applause, two thumbs up with a high-five my friend! This is "shoot from the hip" quality!

[Ronni]

Magnificent! Simply Magnificent!

[MuSe Ampoule]

sometimes Love Goggles are worse than Beer Goggles. We get these ideas in our heads about how wonderful one lover would be...and blind our eyes to who and what they are until our hearts are broken. The only redeeming fact is that there is always someone out there worthy of your attention. Lovely work Slinger!

[The Cute 1]

''claps" love it

[CompellingComposer]

* clapping * Bravo, InkSlinger! Bravo. It isn't mushy, it's strong and powerful. Strong emotions. Excellent job.

[stellasautelle]

Love it... very well written :)

[Crowley]

It is the ultimate bitchslap. You lay it down thick and gooey here, if I were to say it isn't exactly like this, my feet would become stuck and I would drown in your words like a dinosaur i the tar pit. Great writing, this had substance.

[Brad]

this is why i think "love" is something hallmark made up....we were raised on the fairy tale, and hence, try to perpetuate it....am i bitter? yes. do i still believe in love? ......yes, d****t

[Ruth]

Stunning!
The search is never ending, even when love has met with the yearnful heart, it is always on the look out for higher horizons within the boundaries of it!
Beautifully voiced, a lucid walk through emotion!
xx

[SpokenWord]

The search never seems to end, one leading into the next with promises they never reach maturity. Your words are passionate and only if one could burrow their tongue down my throat just to deliver a message, much better than a sweet whisper. I think most people want to reject love because they have been hurt or feel love evades them, I too fall victim to this line of thinking. I love this poem, rich and powerful.