64/M/Roanoke, Va I was born December 19th 1955 in Roanoke Va. I am a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard and a widower. I lived for 20 years in Maine and am now living again in my home town. 38 followers / 4.5k words
The old stories never die. A new baby will be found in the rushes... A fresh coal between the lips, another soul commanded read. The stories will go on in other forms for other audiences huddled lost and lonely around their digital campfires.
My lust for you is carnivorous... you bring out the animal in me. I want to drink your moisture; wallow in your body, my face bathed between your thighs. Licking my chops at the thought of you... I pounce.
We are free. Forever and always free. No one owns you; no mortal or divine... no government or religion. Life is free... its survival that costs everything.
One door closes, another opens... morning sunlight spooks the shadows.
I placed my mother in hospice the other day, she is in a semi-coma and its just a matter of time. This is the first poem with which I try and deal with this.