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The fountains mingle with the river
And the rivers with the ocean,
The winds of Heaven mix for ever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single,
All things by a law divine
In one spirit meet and mingle—
Why not I with thine?

See the mountains kiss high Heaven
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister-flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea—
What are all these kissings worth
If thou kiss not me?
Terry Collett Apr 2013
A woman’s touch. Yet to
another woman applied,
towelling dry, older, hands

slightly more worn, eyeing
the young woman, secretly
wishing. The young woman,

naked except the pink bow
in brown hair, thinking of
something other, not sensing

anything of the woman drying,
the touch, the towel, is far
from her thoughts, maybe some

boyfriend and his recent deeds
or words or both. The bath
had been refreshing, the water

just right, the older woman
always has it so, the towel laid
out, the soap prepared, washing

the back, places she cannot reach.
The older woman seems to take
her time, drying each area of skin

with some daintiness, a delicate
touch, wanting more maybe or
nothing very much. The younger

woman, feeling dryer, more in
touch with self, thoughts ordered
into place, takes no notice of the

other woman’s rub of ******* or
under arms, no thought of hers at
all, no grace, no charms, the recent

boyfriend, he who made to her such
passionate entering and kissings,
she feels like a fatted calf, some well

stuff bird, pleased with her self, her
sense of need fulfilled, the pleasure
dome having been reached and done.

The older woman drying now the thighs
has no wish to end her task, no other love
or want, except what’s there before her eyes.
m Feb 2018
21
February chills,
High kills,
Soft touches of skin
On skin. Breathing
Deep in the dim
Light of streetlamps
Borrowing needles
And comfort and stamps
To pretend
To end
To exist
With cysts and blood
And tears and floods
Of masochistic love
Of lonely tugs
Heartstrings and
Missings and kissings
And darkness
Always, always,
Darkness
JoJo Feb 2021
I was two
Maybe three
When the touching game was introduced to me

I touch you here
You touch me there
It won't hurt he swears

The older I got
Be a good little girl
I touch you here
You touched me there
You said I was pretty and touched my hair

I became a school girl
I kissed you here
You kissed me there
It's our little secret
A daddy and daughter pair
I kiss you here
You kiss me there
Daddy licks and bites me everywhere

Shhhh, don't tell mommy
I kiss you here
You kiss me there
It's only our game
We can not share

Daddy likes my body
Now that I'm blossoming
Kissings me here
Bites me there
Shhhh don't be scared

******* me
With no care
Daddy wants to play the touching game

Now the rules have changed
We are in level 3
Daddy touches me everywhere

Mommy went to work
Daddy came in my room
He laid me in my bed
Told me I hung the moon

******* me with every touch
Babygirl, daddy promises this won't hurt much.

He spreads my legs for my stuffed animals to see.
He stuck straight in me
I whined and cried
It hurt like hell
He pushed and ******
It felt like a bomb inside of me.

Entering me here
Entering me there
Tears had fell

Touching me here
Touching me there
I couldn't move you see
As he collapsed on top of me.

I couldn't win you see
The game was meant for daddy
Not me...
Lawrence Hall Apr 22
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Mhall46184@aol.com

                                      The Lord of One’s Love

                                    Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 26

The lord of one’s love can only be God
For whom all things are loved in gratitude
Kissings as well as blessings, and all are blessed
Presented before the Altar and the Throne

The lord of one’s love can only be God
All other lords are merely utilitarian
Well-honored as long as they know their place
Kings and queens, bishops, happy lovers, and dreams

The lord of one’s love can only be God
That no other love or lord can be
Meme-ing from Shakespeare's Sonnet 26

— The End —