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Primal Desire
by John Herlihy → (All Poetry by John Herlihy)
Sunday, April 28, 2024 Rated "G" by the Author.

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-- Primal Desire -- by John Herlihy What about the primal desire of which we seldom speak, Found among kings and queens, paupers and the meek. A powerful urge within us that the body secretly craves, An oceanic impulse that surges onward with tidal waves. The oft-busy mind caught in a net with such singular focus, Thinking of nothing else, as if driven by a swarm of locus. The body at the mercy to the insistence of this primal urge, The blood a flooded river to relentlessly in the veins surge. A random meeting, a secret encounter, somehow life arranges, A moment of utter intimacy found in the company of strangers. To sit right on a barstool with seeking eyes ever on the prowl, To find someone, anyone, give voice to the primal urge to howl. Oh, for the days of innocence before pre-adolescent puberty, When daylight filled our lives with its sweet, guileless virginity. Eventually, the naked drive channeled into the desire for love, To find true love, to be one with another, as a hand in a glove. To shower the beloved with kisses, to anoint with love and bless, Blinded by the lover, to whisper sweet nothings, the body to caress. When finished, left alone again, as a wrung dishrag left behind, The body wonders what happened within the labyrinth of the mind. The unification of body and soul in a manner without measure, To unveil the mystery of desire and love found in a cave as treasure. Afterwards, with breath and heartbeat normal, a sense of release, The body gives up its ghost to the spirit in an act of profound peace. - - - - - Copyright © John Herlihy Saturday 16 March 2024

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on June 18, 2024

I ENJOYED THIS ENTIRELY, JOHN...A FINE WORK. THE STYLE, IMAGERY AND RHYME...ALL ASPECTS, A TREASURE. THANKS FOR SHARING IN THE BEAUTY OF DELICACY THAT WHICH GOD CREATED...TO BE EXPERIENCED WITHIN HIS GUIDANCE OF SAME. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.

Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan

Reviewed on April 30, 2024

It's interesting that I am the only woman with a comment here, but...

Primal desire. Hmmm.

Romance aside, the term primal desire shouldn't exist exclusively as a label for a profound physical itch, no emotional strings attached. For some I suppose it does. Then there are some for whom the primal desire is strictly for emotional fulfillment, no physical strings attached.

For many of us, however, the primal desire is for something that balances both. Sometimes it may lean to one side or the other, but always it returns to center. And that, gentlemen, is what this romance writer calls love.

Rebecca

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on April 28, 2024

The righteous and the moviemaking have relegated the primal urge you shall have elegantly described either to be considered a sin if not done in a very precise and structured way or simply engaged in but secretly, like you show him a couple of your lines so that the sin in it will not be revealed� Hidden under codes like XXX.

The movies portray the urge often as criminal rape or in rapid engagements choreographed to show the viewer just enough to make the movie sell. It is that very primal urge that you refer to that makes many movies, books and other forms of media sell, simply because of their forbidden qualities. We all know that porn sites are visited online than any other sites even though they portray sex in the most unnatural way.

Thanks for sharing something that most seem to fear post.

Ron

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com

Wisdom comes from experience and this poem deftly demonstrates the folly and reward of love from youth to old age. Your last stanza quietly takes us back to the origins for many emotions we have abused in today's world. Yes, from "cave as treasure" to "The Body gives up its ghost to the spirit in an act of profound peace" is a mantra of truth that few live out. Well done. (And, as to "Blossom to Nectar" no, it was as printed... find, not fend.)