(Rough Copy) What I feel with you is bittersweet I love every moment, every smile I love every inch of your skin And the way you make me feel I am afraid to get close I am afraid to cause you pain Yet without you life is nothing but an escape I am engulfed by…… Continue reading This Love
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Extension of My Heart
Rough Copy My pen is but an extension of my heart My heart but an extension of my soul An ancient soul which aches to reveals its passions To the one who understands this gypsy soul It is only for you I write For you are an extension of my body and soul To you…… Continue reading Extension of My Heart
Fury
Rough copy My life is but a sonnet of a story covered in mist A mountain I was to climb under the scorching sun No matter, my stubborn soul remained firm against adversity Over time discovering my diversity and humanity They tried to keep me inside a box To cut my wings so I may…… Continue reading Fury
I Stood Up
Rough copy…The title for this poem came from Emily Dickinson’s poem “It was not fear, for I stood up” –a poem on depression which has helped me through my ow dark times. I can feel it coming… That familiar heavy feeling… Enclosed within the walls of this room There is only silence and the fast…… Continue reading I Stood Up
Vindicating Sensuality & Sexuality
For centuries various religious institutions or patriarchal moral dogmas have diminished the beauty and power of sexuality and sensuality, reducing sexuality to pornographic animal lust or for reproduction alone, while sensuality has been reduced to pretending to be sexy, not realizing it is a state of being, born from the imperfect acceptance of self and…… Continue reading Vindicating Sensuality & Sexuality
The Secret of Our Love
I breathe only to spend another moment with you When we are apart your memory is held deep within my heart Between the shadows of your absence I ache for your touch My desires erode my world I want to give you my all Within my mind images of us keep playing back Yearning to…… Continue reading The Secret of Our Love
Your Eyes
Life wasn’t always easy Actions of others marked your soul You hide your face behind a veil Your tears you dry alone Let me in, I want to help you feel whole The blows did not take away the gleam of your eyes Your spirit rises out of the vast darkness Your demons are now…… Continue reading Your Eyes
Extremes Lead to Confusion Not Freedom
Most people when asked if they are free, they readily answer “yes”, if one then presses the subject with another question “but how do you know you are free?” the traditional response is this “because I can choose to do whatever I want”–Fair enough but what if I decided to provide you with various scenarios…… Continue reading Extremes Lead to Confusion Not Freedom
Rise
(Rough Copy) They say to be human is to be born a sinner I say to be human is to be divine It is to be flawed and perfectly imperfect To be human is no small feat It is to be born with the great spark To be saint and sinner Where the shadow we…… Continue reading Rise
Work of Art
(Rough Copy)–Thank you to the person who suggested the title. I want you still… Let me contemplate your outline some more Let my fires grow as my eyes take you in Don’t move…just a few more seconds My heart remembering the first time our bodies intertwined I remember my voracious thirst for your kisses Wanting…… Continue reading Work of Art
Eiros 