Lion Tub

This is really quite incredible, Styxian.  The way you weave your words is something really special.  All in, the water’s fine.  

Thanks Luna.  I tried!   I'm not too good at "erotic" writing.  But I figured I'd take a stab at it.  Just to stir things up a bit.  Lol.

Hot damn... 🔥 Move over, I'm getting in too!
❤️k

Cool!  Obviously my scrawny ass doesn't take up a lot of room!  Lol

Dear S,

This is very inviting for sure. I totally loved the imagery created for the tub. The heat between the two lead characters needs a fire extinguisher!  
I totally enjoyed this! Wonderful write to ignite the flames of poetic passion and super supportive in PoetSpeaks call for poems! H🌷

I can't help but feel that I've exploited myself...all for the sake of entertainment!   Where's the meaning!  
Okay a bit more seriously.  Thank you graciously, H.  I was trying my limited damnedest to write something with some steam to it.  It's definitely not my strength.  But eh, practice makes perfect!

When I get added (without my permission and against my will) to a fb messenger group chat, I say, I don't remember getting in this hot tub! Then I immediately remove myself. Lol

It's great to see some writing from your thoughtful pen. Terrific pace to your voice, great use of descriptors to lend the writing dimensions.

I haven't been near Facebook in about a year.  Blah.  And that was just to update my marital status to "she outta here".  Lol.  

Thank you Daniel.  This was my attempt at being steamy. Lol. All for the sake of waking the place up a bit more.  Now I will return to my normal doom and gloom shitty romanticism stuff.  Lol.

I had a similar intention with the collaborations, to revitalize the site a bit, I think it was successful. Looking forward to the next.

You did a fine job brother and I look forward to more of your posts.

No lion tub for me, just a cold shower. That was seriously erotic. Absolutely beautiful.

Well thank you!   I actually get a little shy when I try my hand at such types of writing.  I'm more "heady" than physical, when I write.  Probably pretty obvious.   But it's in there, all the same. Just a matter of getting it in writing well enough.  So I appreciate greatly you calling it erotic!  I tried!

You never disappoint Styx
Thank you for jump starting the crew !

BIG DAMP LIKE

Hey pimp daddy, I want my cut!   Don't be thinking this was a freebie!  Lol.

And oh, trust me. I disappoint!  I actually have a cold right now, and lose weight from getting sick really fast.  Blame the missing lymph nodes.  I have to try hard to keep weight on, my whole adult life.  Too many wrecks, bad luck,  tumors, etc etc.  
 Sorry, too much info. Too much whining!  Lol.

I'm glad that I could help out, in my own little way.   Now it's everyone else's turn!

My comment.  

How the hair was welded down her back

Fucking Fantastic line !!!

I have to admit something.  Kind of a kink maybe...
I love love wet hair!   It's so fluid in its motions.  
Maybe it's a water thing. I am a swimming-holic.  Lol.  

Thanks, you.  And keep doing what you do, on your page.  

Some can. Some can't. You most definitely can Styx. The ability to capture vulnerability, strength and insight is a rare trinity in male writers. Always a pleasure to read your stanzas. Rob

Thank you Rob.  I edited the hell out of this one. Trying to get to a point to where I thought it was worth sharing. It isn't my norm, by far.  At least it doesn't feel as such.  
So thank you for the encouraging words.  It gets me to relax a little, over my worries of being good enough.

Well, thank you for your sight!   And you are damn sure close on what I was visioning when I wrote it.  I am all about symbolism and metaphors, in my writes.  I don't have a great vocabulary (or grammar) in my arsenal.  So I work with what I got.  In a sense, it can make me seem lazy about writing.  But, I have a day job and other hobbies to tend to. So, sometimes it's like I'm writing a descriptive conversation, just less formal.  Yeah?
At any rate, I appreciate being judged by my peers here.  I'm not one of those who say "I write for me".  I write to the group.  Because I want back what they have to offer as well.  
That's why we give a shit.  "Me" is a lonely as hell writer, without one another.

Wow. You woke the site up, Styxian. Kudos. That sure stirred us all.

Hey, I sacrifice skin and ink at times, for the good of the group.  Obviously, pick what appeals to you and discard the rest.  Lol.

Good to see you in here by the way, Alviola.  Your poetic contributions are important as hell to me.  No fluff.

Wow. Thanks, brother.

First off... Well howdy do!! Hope you've been well, my friend.  

(And really, also firstly.) ... No one mentioned the included pic you so generously chose to accompany your ink!!?? I mean, seriously!?! The still damp, somewhat incognito yet still with a complete full dose of 'come hither' that I'll freely admit to taking a loooong meaningful gander at ... lol.....I guess we're all supposed to be so enamored by your excellent writing (and of course it is) and how you've managed to captivate our imaginations with such abundant creativity via your descriptiveness, the strength of desire, the harsh realities of aging and the various ways of fighting to understand one's own self; mingled with a very poignantly sexy metaphoric tenderness, to notice the Styxian beefcake before us!! ..... Huh, well I did!!... And Hubba Hubba! *wink*.... hahaha...
Thanks for that little gift, it's very much appreciated!  

Seriously, I love how you always ALWAYS excel with your brand of beautifully enigmatic storytelling that's so rich and emotionally wrought. There's a true wellspring of excellency within your heart and soul that gently bleeds out from the ink you spill. It's such a pleasure that we get the opportunity to experience these gorgeous glimpses that we do.

Thank you for being here and making my dark days a little bit brighter with your sharing.  

I Miss you.
Much love and deep reverence/appreciation,
🌹💙 💙
S

Well hello, Smooth Velvette.

Did you ever get a present and the gift wrapping is actually better than the gift?  So, you gently remove it, fold it up, and put it away for a future use?  While the gift itself is nice, but probably just adequate, and is not thought of for much more than that.
 Your comment is that kind of gift wrapping.  I need to write a better something to earn it.  

  I'm almost over my cold, flu, bug, whatever it's going by.  Lol.  I was due.  I talked too much crap about not being sick in a long time.  When I asked for immortality, I didnt anticipate the crappy parts too.  Lol.

(You don't have to miss me, or I-you, if you stick around more!)

The metaphor here is strong. I was fearing the second I saw a lion metaphor that it was going to go for the obvious, but I ended up picturing the sleek movement of the lion. I felt myself transformed to the way its body moves; how it holds itself. Its dagger eyes. And then I lost myself for about twenty minutes and eventually came back to Reading List this.

A great twist on traditional ‘erotica’ that is absolutely worth the read.

Cool comment, Morbs.
This started out pretty generic in my head. "Woman in a tub".  Then the whole vision of her hair swirling around, in the current. How it made me feel wild.  And, and, well yeah.  

I totally get what you mean about fearing "lion poem".  Not this time.  LOL.   I needed a wild animal to represent the nature of this.  But didn't want it to be too much of a main subject.  

Thank you, for your RL and your explanation.  It was pretty thought inducing back to me.  I appreciate it.