Submissions by Nizana (Lauryn)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
My mother wrote poems when she was younger, mostly about love. Later she returned to poetry to express thoughts and desires that she'd squelched over time. She passed the torch to me (her daughter) when she entered treatment.
EROTIC POEM
Published
22nd Nov 2021 2:08pm
22nd Nov 2021 2:08pm
The Edge of Light
Your lips sang
songs taught by elders
from their days of searching for love.
My hips felt
ancient rhythms
that brought us all to life.
My lips kissed
the thrum of carnal songs
with promised pleasures
from the dances of ancestors.
Our flesh holds
firm within bonds
born of souls just beyond the edge of light.
songs taught by elders
from their days of searching for love.
My hips felt
ancient rhythms
that brought us all to life.
My lips kissed
the thrum of carnal songs
with promised pleasures
from the dances of ancestors.
Our flesh holds
firm within bonds
born of souls just beyond the edge of light.
#love
#family
#historical
597 reads
8 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
19th Nov 2021 1:47pm
19th Nov 2021 1:47pm
Yearbook Photo
Her smiling eyes meet mine through time,
so much was gained and lost.
She’d given all she was to love
with no thoughts of the costs.
The silver necklace her father gave
fell across her crystal skin.
What he gave to her in purity
was all she wore in sin.
It must have sparkled beautifully
in that cabin’s warming flames.
As bodies swayed that winter’s night
and dropped all binding chains.
so much was gained and lost.
She’d given all she was to love
with no thoughts of the costs.
The silver necklace her father gave
fell across her crystal skin.
What he gave to her in purity
was all she wore in sin.
It must have sparkled beautifully
in that cabin’s warming flames.
As bodies swayed that winter’s night
and dropped all binding chains.
#love
#regret
#teens
#memories
#sensual
767 reads
15 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
18th Nov 2021 6:53pm
18th Nov 2021 6:53pm
Fire Never Extinguished
Our separate families were drawn from a winter storm to share one remaining cabin.
We sat quietly by the hearth as our parents laughed and and drank wine, eventually finding their ways to warm bedrooms.
“Don’t’ stay up too late,” my father called out.
“OK," I said. "I've got the couch."
In a few minutes we heard the soft murmurs of affection through the cabin walls and you laughed to think your parents might be making love. We were thankful for the fire, and the puzzling warmth left unattended between us.
Our words...
We sat quietly by the hearth as our parents laughed and and drank wine, eventually finding their ways to warm bedrooms.
“Don’t’ stay up too late,” my father called out.
“OK," I said. "I've got the couch."
In a few minutes we heard the soft murmurs of affection through the cabin walls and you laughed to think your parents might be making love. We were thankful for the fire, and the puzzling warmth left unattended between us.
Our words...
#lust
#teens
#marriage #family
#marriage #family
829 reads
10 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
17th Nov 2021 12:46pm
17th Nov 2021 12:46pm
Forbidden Fruits
Our handmade gifts were given in fear and joy
by young bodies filled with lust and hope for a future.
Oh, what pleasures we found in the making of these gifts!
As imperfect hearts broke over time, we sought pleasure in others.
Fruit once treasured and shared only by two,
fell freely from limbs shaken by strangers’ hands.
Still, I find pleasures in life, sucking sweet juices from forbidden fruits.
by young bodies filled with lust and hope for a future.
Oh, what pleasures we found in the making of these gifts!
As imperfect hearts broke over time, we sought pleasure in others.
Fruit once treasured and shared only by two,
fell freely from limbs shaken by strangers’ hands.
Still, I find pleasures in life, sucking sweet juices from forbidden fruits.
#love
#lust
#motherhood #breakup
#motherhood #breakup
891 reads
10 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
17th Nov 2021 2:34am
17th Nov 2021 2:34am
Reconciling Ledgers
To invest in desire is not a casual decision.
In him, I placed my wealth in hopes of gain.
In his child, I expressed faith in our future.
I mortgaged all that I was against his promissory note now in default.
Did not the gods of creation, whoever they may be, prescribe our lusts and give them value?
I severe myself from past indebtedness.
Today, I am free to offer my flesh against yours for our pleasures without concern for the reconciling of ledgers.
In him, I placed my wealth in hopes of gain.
In his child, I expressed faith in our future.
I mortgaged all that I was against his promissory note now in default.
Did not the gods of creation, whoever they may be, prescribe our lusts and give them value?
I severe myself from past indebtedness.
Today, I am free to offer my flesh against yours for our pleasures without concern for the reconciling of ledgers.
#lust
#separation
755 reads
10 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Nov 2021 8:36pm
15th Nov 2021 8:36pm
Better to Act than Understand
Hearts were at peace until you touched my hand.
From where did these desires arise?
Better to act on pleasing mysteries than understand them.
From where did these desires arise?
Better to act on pleasing mysteries than understand them.
#mystery
#sensual
641 reads
19 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Nov 2021 12:16pm
15th Nov 2021 12:16pm
Flying at Icy Altitudes
Flying at icy altitudes toward what we thought were graceful skies,
We fell against unforgiving rocks where our pounding hearts grasped for one more moment of life.
Finally, pressed together as one, we fell in silence.
We fell against unforgiving rocks where our pounding hearts grasped for one more moment of life.
Finally, pressed together as one, we fell in silence.
#love
#grief
436 reads
9 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
14th Nov 2021 4:57pm
14th Nov 2021 4:57pm
Beginning With an Ending
#marriage
#breakup
#sex
762 reads
15 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
12th Nov 2021 1:12pm
12th Nov 2021 1:12pm
My Math Tutor
#teens
#sex
#school
1199 reads
24 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Nov 2021 7:07pm
11th Nov 2021 7:07pm
Less Might Be Best
A tender touch will gain you much.
One soft word will get you heard.
A shorter kiss will get you missed.
If you hold my hand, I might join your plan.
One soft word will get you heard.
A shorter kiss will get you missed.
If you hold my hand, I might join your plan.
#love
#FirstLove
752 reads
16 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
11th Nov 2021 6:40pm
11th Nov 2021 6:40pm
Song of My Leaving
I've lived my life in boxes,
ordered and made to size.
I've known what some might pass for love,
so often reduced to lies.
I'm no saint in where the truth is told.
I've played parts that paid me well.
I've broken hearts and endured the same
and lived in depression's cell.
Freedom beckoned, so I had to leave
what had been the love of my life.
I could not breath and my spirit wept,
until I was no longer his wife.
ordered and made to size.
I've known what some might pass for love,
so often reduced to lies.
I'm no saint in where the truth is told.
I've played parts that paid me well.
I've broken hearts and endured the same
and lived in depression's cell.
Freedom beckoned, so I had to leave
what had been the love of my life.
I could not breath and my spirit wept,
until I was no longer his wife.
#love
#grief
#marriage #betrayal
#marriage #betrayal
742 reads
20 Comments
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