Only Skin Deep

I have to wonder did I learn this truth or

was it innately given to me before birth

past down from generations of ancestral men

who suffered from the very same affliction

 

I am guilty, guilty as all sinful sin!

 

like Medusa’s curse one look and my heart stops

I am frozen in time when she is merely walking by

my breath rate is in tune with the vibrant dips of her raspberry hips

there is no one else, no earth beneath my feet

the sky is a void of colorless existence

she becomes everything even greater than God himself

it is her scent as she whisks by me

that snaps me back into the land of the living

so sweet!  it is more satisfying than Godiva’s chocolate

my knees buckle from the after affect of her presence

and all I can muster is this whisper

 

“Damn she’s so damn…..  sexy!”  tasting blood from biting my lips

 

that’s my first complete coherent cognitive thought

since I first had the pleasure of seeing her

I am guilty, guilty as all sinful sin!

for first loving a woman just based on her skin

I would rather die of starvation

then to go blind and never see her again

 

I have to wonder did I learn how to lust after women

or was it innately a part of me before birth

past down from generations of ancestral men

who loved women at first glance

the only cure for this affliction

is to fall deeply in love with only one

 

I am guilty, guilty as sinful sin!

 

the consequences of loving her only skin deep

is the same as seeing heaven and never ever experiencing it

Author's Note

If you never get past someones exterior you will never know the heaven you are missing knowing them from the inside out.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

When someone is so beautiful it is hard to slow down and listen to her thoughts. When we are overtaken by passion we may forget to listen and truly understand someone. I like the lesson of your words. I tell the kids walk slow and easy into a relationship. Have long talks and great trips to discover what is inside the beautiful skin. A outstanding poem. Very powerful and a strong story.
Coyote

[Celestial Being]

very introspective ... kind of a challenge towards the phrase 'love at first sight' ... a beautiful write .. :)

[Sheila Kline]

Your words remind me of sexual infatuation verses devotion and commitment.....knowing the value of one's spirit instead of lusting after the outer appearance!
So expertly expressed in all you've given us as comparisons!

[jenniewren (J.W. Bouwma..]

LOVE the last two lines most of all

you're reaching a very introspectively sexual stage in your writing.. i love watching you expand