THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE

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JOURNAL #20

I feel

truly I do

that you rather revel in this

living such life among

great distances

where as I seem to rebel

against the very existence of

such profound non sense

wouldn't you wish

but to see for yourself

the frank five alarm fire

of this pent up

to the point of crushing

desire

that sends out such sparks

of welcome

in mine magnetic eyes

as such want of you can not long

hide

romantic and fun

it would seem

suit to be the best avenues

for reaching the most intense result

I confess in such lust all a daze

that I am not so terribly brave

in the ultimate private realm

I rather seem to lack the air of happy

confidence in new situations

especially frighteningly intimate ones

once the mental clothes come off

I am struck quite starved and breathless

this must be the mentioned young you heard

in my voice

so then

why does the inept lover in me feel compelled

to do this

be almost painfully forthright

in my every last cataloged fear

such honesty in my soul

likely insists upon it I suppose

I possess such a fantastic secret other life

in all my varied poems, day dreams and thickly

so enthralling fantasies

all but griss for my elaborate mill

that in a sense

is what thankfully feeds

these incredibly incessant cravings

that constantly stalk my ever insatiable

depth............................

(May 31, 1999)








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