the sex obsession

The Sex Obsession  
 
He was in his middle years, a retired seafarer living far  
from the oceans of his youth and dreams had drowned  
in swells of a restless, life.  
He lived an inert life, walking his dog in the forest when  
not driving his bike, visiting forgotten villages, trying  
to find a childhood hazily remembered; but what he drew  
had been a happy one in a time of war.  
One day he met a woman (not a beauty)  
he was drawn into her sphere of sexuality; he was in love.  
Intense, longing for her love, he lost his life in her arms  
in the swirling dance of pleasures, he had long forsaken.  
There were times when out walking the dog, he paused  
and asked, was there a prize to pay one day?  
She came to his house, looking serious she was pregnant  
He was jubilant; there was nothing more in the world he  
wanted to be a father to complete his dreams.  
No, she wanted money for an abortion. Killing His Child!  
His world crashed, the truth, as they had nothing but sex  
 He walked in the woods when returning, she had gone.