Leila Whitney: Favorites

May 2018 Leila Whitney

Jack

“please be naked”

she stands in her doorway wearing just a gown,
I walk in the house, dumbstruck by beauty,
up in her room undoing the bow, the shield simply slides down
caressing her curves, stroking down to the floor,
intertwined bodies craving the touch of the other,
joined as one in the gentle acts of love and lust,
romanticised ideals of perfection and soft rhythm,
delicate groans as two become one,
the broken poet, for the moment, is gone,
my drug addiction of you, just wanting more,
As my heart bleeds, love begins to pour.

“please be naked”.

this poem is influenced by The 1975 instrumental song "please be naked". i regularly think of this song as romanticising the act of *** and the trust required with it rather than what most songs make it today. despite having no lyrics the song speaks volumes to me and id definitely recommend it to anyone. stay safe and live well. JY x

#sad #depressed #love #lust #*** #naked #happy #pleasebenaked #the1975 #indie

May 2018 Leila Whitney

late night talks // three

May 2018 Leila Whitney

mysa

late night talks // three

we made eye contact through the mirror
as she slowly played with my hair behind me
she sighed, shaking her head slightly.

"you know? you just have to force yourself to do what you love."

it's difficult but i'm trying

#late #night #talks #through #the #mirror

May 2018 Leila Whitney

Express your feelings

May 2018 Leila Whitney

Jonathan Nouse

Express your feelings

No

Because they will always be misunderstood and misinterpreted. You'll just dig your own grave and bury yourself in your emotions.

Feb 2018 Leila Whitney

You're my Home

Feb 2018 Leila Whitney

Samantha Babe

You're my Home

I was just a lone star from the dense gas clouds collapsed. Enough to ignite & produce light. It was my birthplace. But i saw your light and we assemble. Then we became the galaxies. Now, I'm placed. I'm home.

#home #galaxy #love #lonestar #loststar #light #birthdplace #haven

Feb 2018 Leila Whitney

The Truth About Poets

Feb 2018 Leila Whitney

Eric the Red

The Truth About Poets

The truth about poets
Is
They’re not all alike
Some are derelicts
Scalawags
Lovers
Sisters
Some say they’re writers
Instead of Poet
For they know what that puts
Into the minds of others
Romantic
Lethargic
Gypsy
Some will never write novels
Poems are their Ulysses
Their ‘Love in the Time Of Cholera
Some are sad
Withdrawn
Choose to live there
While some poets
Use their words
To claw their way out
Some have fallen out of love
&
Want someone
ANYONE
to listen
While some have fallen in
the deepest ocean
&
Want to tell the world
What this man
This woman
Means to them

Most write their verses
Alone
Some at midnight
Some at sunrise
Some with coffee
Most with bottles

Most will never see the reaction
Of many
Will never hear
‘I like that...’

And most don’t want to be famous
Or sometimes heard
We
Just want to be
Ourselves

Feb 2018 Leila Whitney

A Problem Of Perspective

Feb 2018 Leila Whitney

Mike Essig

A Problem Of Perspective

At 30,
you could only
look ahead.
At 55,
I could only
look back.
We only looked
in the same direction
when we looked
at each other.
Looking at you
was all my pleasure,
but future and past
pulled too hard
to overcome.
There are lilacs now,
new lovers,
fresh beginnings.
Still,
I remember
your eyes
looking back
at me,
greener
than even this
soft,
new spring.
–mce

#man #woman #older #younger

Feb 2018 Leila Whitney

An Older Man

Feb 2018 Leila Whitney

jeffrey conyers

An Older Man

An older man gets themselves a young one.
To do the things he did with the first one.
She just older.

One young enough to stroke his ego.
When he's throwing down the Mojo.

We , seen it with Donald.
We seen it with Hugh.
And these just the rich ones.

One , you can purchase gifts for.
As you work various ways to spoil her.
Which they accomplished with the first one.
While some say, they have nothing in common.
When in truth they do.

We just seeing it from a different perspective and view.

An older man soon wear out.
When, if by grace, if he has young ones running around the house.
But least, he aware of his younger spouse.

Jan 2018 Leila Whitney

Me and the Moon

Jan 2018 Leila Whitney

AR

Me and the Moon

I spoke to the moon and she spoke to me,
She complained about the sun as i complained about u,
She complained of their differences him being gold her being grey,
I too complained about me and u how i tried to be red when you were always blue,
And just like me and u they never saw each other too,
She said he was always late and he left a little bit early too,
Darling don't u see the story of the sun and the moon is the story of me and u.

#love #moon #meandu #forver #sun #us