Submissions by Mikash (Michael Ash Sharbaugh)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I compose music and weave words -- primarily about sex, desire, and rejection. I am a hedonist with a big heart. I swim in emotion, and welcome 'feeling.'
EROTIC POEM
Published
26th Jan 2023 7:22am
26th Jan 2023 7:22am
You -- Gone for So Long
#love
#sex
#confessional
#LongDistanceRelationship
#SelfDiscovery
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Mar 2022 3:20am
18th Mar 2022 3:20am
If Foucault Were A Panoptical Poet
I know not what happened before my memory.
Just take for granted what [i]I’ve been told.
From wrinkled lips
And tattered tomes
Come marked ‘membrances –
Songs of stodgy tone.
We, ourselves, are marked should we forget them.
“They” are the holidays.
We “manouvre” ourselves
In our “natural – malleable – forms”
To be “docile” – “drawn” – and “quartered” –
Fifteen minutes at a time.
Atomic clocks [are] like wartime...
Just take for granted what [i]I’ve been told.
From wrinkled lips
And tattered tomes
Come marked ‘membrances –
Songs of stodgy tone.
We, ourselves, are marked should we forget them.
“They” are the holidays.
We “manouvre” ourselves
In our “natural – malleable – forms”
To be “docile” – “drawn” – and “quartered” –
Fifteen minutes at a time.
Atomic clocks [are] like wartime...
#identity
#holiday
#philosophical
#culture
#tradition
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LOVE POEM
Published
9th Sep 2021 5:34pm
9th Sep 2021 5:34pm
Unknown to Me
Unknown’ to Me,
'She' writhes beneath My skin.
I exhale Her with ev’ry breath.
She is the heat within.
And when My breath returns,
it is rich with Her scent —
a perfume so effuse,
My heart, forever pent.
For to roam,
it does refuse:
it is still — biding —
and consumes abuse.
As if this hunger
shall ever subside;
as if it thirsts
just to be denied.
She is ‘unknown’ to Me.
She has kept Herself afar.
She is worth all to Me —
that 'She' that YOU are.
'She' writhes beneath My skin.
I exhale Her with ev’ry breath.
She is the heat within.
And when My breath returns,
it is rich with Her scent —
a perfume so effuse,
My heart, forever pent.
For to roam,
it does refuse:
it is still — biding —
and consumes abuse.
As if this hunger
shall ever subside;
as if it thirsts
just to be denied.
She is ‘unknown’ to Me.
She has kept Herself afar.
She is worth all to Me —
that 'She' that YOU are.
#love
#rejection
#heartbroken
#passion
#bittersweet
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LOVE POEM
Published
18th Jan 2020 1:29pm
18th Jan 2020 1:29pm
My Little Lagoon
winter had come
to my little lagoon,
‘ere the water’s still,
can't swim, nor swoon.
propelled no more
by the waves I’d known –
engulfed by chill,
'pon the beach was thrown.
so I stepped away
from this frozen pond –
that fertile lake,
of which I’m fond –
to dip my toes
in distant streams;
yet the thaws I sought
bore deluded dreams …
... tepid dreams,
to which I shan't return –
surely not whilst this heart
thirsts and yearns ...
... for *you* ...
... my...
to my little lagoon,
‘ere the water’s still,
can't swim, nor swoon.
propelled no more
by the waves I’d known –
engulfed by chill,
'pon the beach was thrown.
so I stepped away
from this frozen pond –
that fertile lake,
of which I’m fond –
to dip my toes
in distant streams;
yet the thaws I sought
bore deluded dreams …
... tepid dreams,
to which I shan't return –
surely not whilst this heart
thirsts and yearns ...
... for *you* ...
... my...
#sadness
#love
#confessional
#IMissYou
#dating
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LOVE POEM
Published
18th Jan 2020 1:22pm
18th Jan 2020 1:22pm
... yesterday morning ...
slowly ... and with cautious intent
i nestled beside your naked form
desirous to present my unsheathed chest
as a pillow to which you'd warm
i peeled away and cursed the quilt
that had coddled you all evening long
and slid beneath it surreptitiously
rejoicing as we thronged
our skins then met and did melt together
as if meant to merge as one
and your velvet cheek finally fell upon me
and with my breast became a sum
and for one eternal moment the earth did shudder
whilst my heart turned flush and heaved ...
i nestled beside your naked form
desirous to present my unsheathed chest
as a pillow to which you'd warm
i peeled away and cursed the quilt
that had coddled you all evening long
and slid beneath it surreptitiously
rejoicing as we thronged
our skins then met and did melt together
as if meant to merge as one
and your velvet cheek finally fell upon me
and with my breast became a sum
and for one eternal moment the earth did shudder
whilst my heart turned flush and heaved ...
#happiness
#love
#lust
#romantic
#sex
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LOVE POEM
Published
9th Dec 2019 00:01am
9th Dec 2019 00:01am
Her [*forbidden*] Body
She is unseen,
yet Her body beckons Me
from just the next room.
She is too clean --
unsullied by the one dirty wish
that writhes and spirals in My head:
"I want to fuck Her."
yet Her body beckons Me
from just the next room.
She is too clean --
unsullied by the one dirty wish
that writhes and spirals in My head:
"I want to fuck Her."
#anger
#love
#lust
#relationships
#breakup
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LOVE POEM
Published
8th Dec 2019 11:17pm
8th Dec 2019 11:17pm
Of Like Mind
They share a roof,
yet nothing else;
beneath two ceilings,
They dream alone.
Each had succumbed to slumber
in
singularity,
perhaps [*?*], yet, yearning
for ...
The Other's hand ...
The Other's body ...
for ...
warmth to radiate
in a tandem so tender --
Corpora combined ...
Skins entwined ...
Souls refined ...
of like-mind.
yet nothing else;
beneath two ceilings,
They dream alone.
Each had succumbed to slumber
in
singularity,
perhaps [*?*], yet, yearning
for ...
The Other's hand ...
The Other's body ...
for ...
warmth to radiate
in a tandem so tender --
Corpora combined ...
Skins entwined ...
Souls refined ...
of like-mind.
#love
#lust
#loneliness
#relationships
#breakup
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LOVE POEM
Published
13th Oct 2018 6:53pm
13th Oct 2018 6:53pm
Believe Me, Entrance Me
◊
Believe Me,
as I tell You,
in a whisper ...
(... with a whimper ...)
... in a manner ...
My lips passing only
the softest of breeze
:
How You,
My Dear,
entrance Me ...
(... envelop Me ...)
... such soft matter:
of Your skin, My Hands touch only
the smoothest chemise
.
How often
I envision,
Us, Mi Amor ...
(... as I had years before ...)
... somewhere secluded, in Our Own Room ...
Me ......
Believe Me,
as I tell You,
in a whisper ...
(... with a whimper ...)
... in a manner ...
My lips passing only
the softest of breeze
:
How You,
My Dear,
entrance Me ...
(... envelop Me ...)
... such soft matter:
of Your skin, My Hands touch only
the smoothest chemise
.
How often
I envision,
Us, Mi Amor ...
(... as I had years before ...)
... somewhere secluded, in Our Own Room ...
Me ......
#love
#lust
#sensual
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LOVE POEM
Published
13th Oct 2018 6:47pm
13th Oct 2018 6:47pm
Your Echo E'er Returns
-
Moonlight looms
in the expanse
'twixt
You
and
Me.
Shadows hover
between
Our Embrace.
-
Longing blooms
in this chasm
that
is
My
Chest,
Yet, My Lover,
Your
>> Echo <<
e'er returns.
-
Moonlight looms
in the expanse
'twixt
You
and
Me.
Shadows hover
between
Our Embrace.
-
Longing blooms
in this chasm
that
is
My
Chest,
Yet, My Lover,
Your
>> Echo <<
e'er returns.
-
#love
#loneliness
#dark
#frustration
#emptiness
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LOVE POEM
Published
24th Aug 2018 12:32pm
24th Aug 2018 12:32pm
m o m e n t u m
Still and silent,
this jilted heart:
momentum gone--
no spark to start.
Tense and tight,
this parch'ed throat:
wizening spurn
that squelched My troat.
Fingers forfeit
this empty hand:
with naught to touch,
the sense does strand.
Embraced no more,
this hollow chest:
no cheek to ease,
nor palm to rest.
Limp and longing,
these pining limbs:
lorn, they lack, like
church without hymns.
Begrudg'ed breaths
do feed these lungs:
words departed;
last song was...
this jilted heart:
momentum gone--
no spark to start.
Tense and tight,
this parch'ed throat:
wizening spurn
that squelched My troat.
Fingers forfeit
this empty hand:
with naught to touch,
the sense does strand.
Embraced no more,
this hollow chest:
no cheek to ease,
nor palm to rest.
Limp and longing,
these pining limbs:
lorn, they lack, like
church without hymns.
Begrudg'ed breaths
do feed these lungs:
words departed;
last song was...
#anxiety
#depression
#loneliness
#rejection
#emotional
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LOVE POEM
Published
15th Jun 2018 5:12pm
15th Jun 2018 5:12pm
What's a Lover for?!
What’s a Lover For?!”
§
~
What is a Lover for?!
… but to bring the world to Your door …
… to deliver as a servant,
to serve You quick and fervent!
What is a Lover for?!
What is a Lover for?!
… but to help You find Your glasses …
… to drink You like molasses!
What is a Lover for?!
What is a Lover for?!
… but to help You make Your coffee …
… to suckle You like toffee!
What is a Lover for?!
:
A Lover should be
at
Your
side—
...
§
~
What is a Lover for?!
… but to bring the world to Your door …
… to deliver as a servant,
to serve You quick and fervent!
What is a Lover for?!
What is a Lover for?!
… but to help You find Your glasses …
… to drink You like molasses!
What is a Lover for?!
What is a Lover for?!
… but to help You make Your coffee …
… to suckle You like toffee!
What is a Lover for?!
:
A Lover should be
at
Your
side—
...
#love
#lust
#rejection
#relationships
#heartbroken
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SONG LYRICS
Published
12th Jun 2018 3:52pm
12th Jun 2018 3:52pm
Every Second
time
the only gift passed divine
so brief
so fragile
when You shine
every second
a crash in Your spine
the same heart
that thrills to beat at each day break
may leap to death in the love it makes
every second
a lesson in crime
you could tell Me
which way to go
but I haven't got a place to live
it's out of your hands
today I'm leaving
blind
if only for today I will play
tomorrow will build a better way
as every second just flashes right by
a new start ...
the only gift passed divine
so brief
so fragile
when You shine
every second
a crash in Your spine
the same heart
that thrills to beat at each day break
may leap to death in the love it makes
every second
a lesson in crime
you could tell Me
which way to go
but I haven't got a place to live
it's out of your hands
today I'm leaving
blind
if only for today I will play
tomorrow will build a better way
as every second just flashes right by
a new start ...
#happiness
#hope
#addiction
#LifeGoals
#uplifting
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