Stimulate
The mind
Body
Soul
Reach in
Throughout
Caress
Tickle a thought
Lick and nudge
Find the thread
Twist and tweak
Enchant
Whispered
Temptations
Reel in
Penetrate
This body
My mind
and Soul

Why do I see
the trails
the ways
There is the path
taken and trampled
It was obvious
markers left
debris strewn
crumbs cast about
I knew that destination
before I started
was wild for a time
Would I go that same way
if I had to do it over?
Do I risk my pride twofold?
patterns again
revealed
and I see
Again

I’ve wanted to hide all day
Run away from emotion
I thought about his arms
How they hold me down
Or hold me up
Both are what I need
Surrounding me
Yet, they are for another
Only mine for a time
Then I thought of a laugh
Belonging to someone
Who was equal parts funny and sad
Made me want to bring him
To hide with me
So I could help him heal
Later I read something
Made me think of what if’s
How I was lucky
Though I didn’t think so
At the time
For revelations hold truth
And there was only empty
Behind the fancy wrapped words
Then I thought of all the ones
Who are mine but not
That gave glimpses
And then removed
I sigh at those thoughts
This is what I want to hide from
The emotion
The pain
The yearning
And the thoughts

What did you lose?
Your mind
Your heart
Your soul
Perhaps the pride
Ready for a fall?
It’s a trip
Into the maze
Finding oneself
Were you mistaken?
For a maiden
Or a fool
Then the king
Did you find it?
The missing
The pieces
The peace

too much Silence
Cages me in
absent Sound
is like a blaring horn
which obscures
that voice i want
in my h(ear)t
those wanton words
that Choose me
to let Go

That numb feeling
Of not caring anymore
It scours the eyes
Not seeing past the scratches
Preoccupied by the dull ache
Sensing it more than experience
Trying to spark an ignition
That melts in the ice
Another chance
Maybe not
Lost again
In my mundanity