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Temptation
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Thursday, April 7, 2016    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Temptation
 
You are the fork in the road
That detours me away from the straight and narrow
The temptation that I did not guard against
That pierces my soul
With flaming arrows of desire.
 
Even my imagination did not prepare me
For this onslaught
Of sights and sounds
Of twinges and urgings
Of hidden delights
Beyond all reason.
 
You pull and tug
Lift me up and drop me
You scatter my thoughts
And dismember my brain
With latent desires
And untapped fulfillments.
 
In this swirling maze
I am left defenseless
Clinging only to a simile
Of lust and passion
Desire and circumstance
Of what could be
And what is.
 
But if you were not real
I would have had to
Invent you
In order to know just
What it is that
Satisfies my innermost
Cravings.
 
 

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Reviewed by Kathleen McDonald
Reviewed on April 21, 2016
Some people are able to attract others easily

hug
Kathy

Reviewed on April 9, 2016
Oh my, sounds like an irresistible attraction. Well penned.

Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan
Reviewed on April 7, 2016
This speaks to me of Enlightenment. The kind I experienced when I finally broke free of the false identity forced upon me by family who could not accept me as I am: smart, strong, creative, and unique in so many other ways. For some reason these aspects of who I am mystified or perhaps even frightened them. I was the proverbial cuckoo in the wren's nest. So I was "dumbed down" to a more comfortable persona. But the day came when I, my Self, finally accepted who I really was and as you described so wonderfully I was filled with awe at the colors and sounds and emotions that swirled out from my very essence. To go back now, if even possible, would destroy me all together.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on April 7, 2016
I have created alot of people that weren't real via acid & such, but I cannot remember them now so you are better off enjoying their company as it sounds you are already doing...-e-

Reviewed on April 7, 2016
Sounds like you have been severely smitten!!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on April 7, 2016
Thgis reminds me of my poem "The Agony of Lust". What you have here is an intense romp through the fields of passion and desire. I love your phrase "if you were not real I would have had to invent you." We could say that about a lot of things. Nice work. John


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