COME HITHER

One and only lover
Never will I find another
Stares linger throughout supper
Always so gentle and tender
Lay with me forever
Your kisses I savor

FINE TUNING

The courses varied from embroidery to home economics

My counterparts said I would be the perfect homemaker

I was thinking more in the range of agrophysics

Seemed less likely than being the class heartbreaker

The women around me aspired to be mothers and caregivers

I looked beyond the stars and felt a flicker of hope

I may abide by the rules but walk that fine line with the sinners

Its the end of the term this will be a slippery slope

THE ASCENT

They said I looked indecent
I bore down my head in utter embarrassment
My mother said I frustrate her
I looked away longing for acknowledgment
My first love failed to understand me
Thank God for that for my life would have been a disappointment

SHOWMANSHIP

To be an artist

Creating a vision

Nobody else is better at it

Capturing the moments of the season

Tormented internally is my story

The life of an invalid is not admirable

Sometimes I wish to revel in that glory

I fear my inadequacies render me incapable

I hurt and cry within

Funny how they think my life is sublime

I do wish I was more pristine

My showmanship would withstand the test of time

SUCCULENCE

I dare taste

I hope the best

Tender and moist

Decadence unparallel

Swim away will you

Within my ready palate

THE LADY'S BOUDOIR

Paint her lips
Slip on the satin
Prep her bossom
Powder her nose

Tweak her eyebrows
Smell of lavender
Drape her long legs

Cascading hair
Or perhaps not
Shimmering lotion
Perfect poise

One last check
Laced neckline
Then the gun holster
Simmer down boys

I BID YOU ADIEU

My face is flooded
The taste salty and sad
Memories too painful to remember
A volcano has erupted within
My insides are eroded

The past is insignificant
The present is bountiful
You, a distant memory
Me, a new woman
I see the clouds parting and the sun emerging

WHAT LIFE !

Its true isn't it?

My persistence has paid off

I am on top of the world

Its cold and lonely up here

Is it time yet?

I have conquered it all

Seen many lands near and far

My companion out of sight

Must I leave so soon?

No family to speak of

I lay here with all my possessions

My diamonds, rubies and fine things

THEM

Love them
Need them
Cannot really do without them

Succumb to them
Fight them
Need them

Call them
Cry over them
Sing for them

Triumph over them
Celebrate them
Bear children for them

Grow old with them
Share with them
Remember with them
Die with them

GOD

He fills my mind

Feeds my soul

Brings home

Takes me whole

He lives in me

Grants me life

Shows me the way

Hurts me so

He takes it all

Gives it back

He is mighty

Legend

My legacy

Words misunderstood

Mistakes made, still making

My legacy

Thoughts of another time

Another era of grandiose misgivings

My legacy

Show me the door

Down comes the curtains