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Are you a sex addict?
I’m not going to tell you I enjoyed it
I’m not going to say that I even wanted it
It just happened.
And after it happened I sat in my car
Asking myself through an empty gaze
Through the empty spaces in front of me
if all that really happened
Perhaps I created that out of nothing,
I wish I had.
I wish you had never seen me
And come to my office and
Did the things you did
Because I didn’t know you
And you didn’t know me.
And now I cannot shake the
Nihility you have created
“Are you a sex addict?”
You ask
After already groping me
Pushing yourself on me
How did you know?
Where did you see it?
In the smoky shadows under my eyes?
Or the solemn anguish that pervades
My soul, my vacant placidity,
The tender desolation
That desires
No real person.
That is where you saw your opportunity.
I am sure.
I’m not going to say that I even wanted it
It just happened.
And after it happened I sat in my car
Asking myself through an empty gaze
Through the empty spaces in front of me
if all that really happened
Perhaps I created that out of nothing,
I wish I had.
I wish you had never seen me
And come to my office and
Did the things you did
Because I didn’t know you
And you didn’t know me.
And now I cannot shake the
Nihility you have created
“Are you a sex addict?”
You ask
After already groping me
Pushing yourself on me
How did you know?
Where did you see it?
In the smoky shadows under my eyes?
Or the solemn anguish that pervades
My soul, my vacant placidity,
The tender desolation
That desires
No real person.
That is where you saw your opportunity.
I am sure.
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Re: Are you a sex addict?
Anonymous
20th Jan 2015 8:21pm
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re: Re: Are you a sex addict?
20th Jan 2015 9:12pm
Re: Are you a sex addict?
20th Jan 2015 8:58pm
This is brilliant, Virginia. This man poses this glib question, and he isn't a "real person," just a walking dildo at best. I worry about that "tender desolation." That's an incredible turn of phrase that breaks my heart. Really fine work.
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re: Re: Are you a sex addict?
20th Jan 2015 9:11pm
Thank you, Crow! Thank you for so poignantly understanding the pain of this poem. Would love to give you a giant kiss on the cheek right now.
Re: Are you a sex addict?
20th Jan 2015 9:24pm
This is a heavy topic. I have a couple of cold memories associated with this. It reminds me of the lyrics of a song by the band Frightened Rabbit that I used to really like. "You won't find love in a hole, it takes more than fucking someone to keep yourself warm." (paraphrased)
This is well written. You capture some of the emptiness, the regret, the lack of significance after the event... This is cold and beautiful and I can relate on some levels. Nice ink, Virginia.
This is well written. You capture some of the emptiness, the regret, the lack of significance after the event... This is cold and beautiful and I can relate on some levels. Nice ink, Virginia.
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re: Re: Are you a sex addict?
20th Jan 2015 9:28pm
Thank you, Sammy. It is a heavy, hard to discuss topic. At least on this level. I think that on a superficial sexual level, it could have been quite easy and bold.
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21st Jan 2015 00:55am
True. Sex can be a two edged sword. It can be incredible and bonding and leave you feeling wonderful about life and it can also be exciting and intoxicating but just feel good for a moment and then leave you cold, disappointed, feeling out of control and make you question what you are doing to yourself and what life you want to have. Maybe I am revealing too much about some things. Either way. This sings with an honesty that I can relate to.
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Re: Are you a sex addict?
20th Jan 2015 11:30pm
This is honest and intelligent ink
I applaud you for telling your story so eloquently in a way that goes beyond surface thoughts of sex addiction.
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I applaud you for telling your story so eloquently in a way that goes beyond surface thoughts of sex addiction.
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Re: Are you a sex addict?
21st Jan 2015 1:26am
I am not a sex addict but i could be persuaded
:-)
fascinatingly honest write :-)
:-)
fascinatingly honest write :-)
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Re: Are you a sex addict?
Anonymous
21st Jan 2015 11:01pm
Great write.. really intelligent ink..
Dave
Dave
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Re: Are you a sex addict?
22nd Jan 2015 10:14pm
re: Re: Are you a sex addict?
22nd Jan 2015 10:24pm
Ah, SadSmiles, because it's something I feel I have so little control over. I'm a work in progress, though.
Re: Are you a sex addict?
11th Feb 2015 6:43pm
interesting write from the "other" view point of a sex addict...great write for me to take heed to mentally--now if only physically I could be the same............sigh
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Re: Are you a sex addict?
Anonymous
14th Feb 2015 12:38pm
how am i just now seeing this one?!
lady, i get it. 100 fucking percent get it.
honest and painful write.
lady, i get it. 100 fucking percent get it.
honest and painful write.
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Re: Are you a sex addict?
2nd Apr 2015 6:45am
see. it's the 'addiction' tag that takes away the beauty. sex shld always be beautiful...
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