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Your Gasping Sigh
Your gasping sigh
caught on my shoulder and
lingered there as warm breath.
Yes, you were very much alive.
Your eyes grew wiser as I entered you
carrying only the unsecured promise of love.
From your slender throat
came the raspy chirps of
a startled child.
Your eyes grew kinder
or were they simply
the eyes of innocence?
I felt pleasure mixed with sorrow as I
pressed full into your heat,
knowing I’d taken you a way
you might not have chosen
if given more time.
caught on my shoulder and
lingered there as warm breath.
Yes, you were very much alive.
Your eyes grew wiser as I entered you
carrying only the unsecured promise of love.
From your slender throat
came the raspy chirps of
a startled child.
Your eyes grew kinder
or were they simply
the eyes of innocence?
I felt pleasure mixed with sorrow as I
pressed full into your heat,
knowing I’d taken you a way
you might not have chosen
if given more time.
Published 26th Oct 2022
Author's Note
Remembering a young girl I carried across the threshold of adulthood several years ago.
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26th Oct 2022 7:26pm
After seeing the picture could imagine the doings described in the poem taking place at that scene. Having fun at a beach.
27th Oct 2022 2:27am
27th Oct 2022 4:07am
You made me feel empathy for the young lady put in this beautiful, but difficult, situation. And yes, I think she might have chosen another route at that point in her life.
