LUST

PJ Ryan
Author: PJ Ryan
Word Count: 152
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LUST

written in early 1995

Image by the talented artists Charles Winslow and Marny Barnes as seen here

LUST belongs to the following groups:

All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical

Have you ever stopped to wonder
did you wonder why you stopped?
can you fix it, is it broken
is it now forever lost?
is it sitting at the bottom
of your heart somewhere instead
can you hear it, constantly
softly slamming in your head.

Have you seen it, can you smell it
did you taste the salted time
fragile pieces to recover
best we leave it all behind.
I don’t know now
so I wonder
tell me something
I don’t know
is it better?
damn I miss you
yes, I know, I know, I know.

It’s so simple, our perspective
but I don’t believe my ears
this i’m saying, ‘aint it heavy
feel it breathing as it nears.
coming closer, I am with you
welcome we don’t need to be
this is nothing worth comparing
It’s just lust and you and me.

© ryan

  • bellmusker

    bellmusker

    There’s a purity amongst the darkness here….feel it breathing as it nears Poignant and yet menacing at the same time. Delicious.

  • aglaia b

    aglaia b

    love the way you have personified lust here.
    this poem just flows off my tongue as i read it. just brilliant writing!
    well done!x

  • libra88

    libra88

    good job… i felt where you were coming from…

  • Shazdawes

    Shazdawes

    this piece means a lot to me not sure how you meant it but i have just found out my husband has cheated on me and yet i still feel that want and that lust for him does that make me stupid.
    shazdawes

  • Erin Lyall

    Erin Lyall

    I really like this, it just flows so perfectly.

  • Erhan OZBIYIK

    Erhan OZBIYIK

    Thats a good work :)

  • Nvision Ink

    Nvision Ink

    Lust is a strong emotional tie! Keeps us all going! Great piece of writing Nicole!

  • DaisyLadiE

    DaisyLadiE

    This is all so very true.
    Lust is wonderful as long as it does not harm you.
    Nicole this is so cleverly written and flowed so nicely too.

  • staz89

    staz89

    Love all your writing but this has to be my favorite yet

  • Max Gatrell

    Max Gatrell

    An incredible peice Nicole. loved the rhythm and flow. Bravo.

    M

  • dimarie

    dimarie

    awesome writing!
    well done!

  • ayearning

    ayearning

    Yes, it is well felt, surely written, and totally known if one has been bitten !

    New to Red Bubble I am, and right away your fan, in first readings of today!

  • KEITH  R. WILLIAMS

    KEITH R. WILL...

    this is so damn good

  • ufosIsee

    ufosIsee

    I took it as if it were a breif encounter and the pleasure was great, and that was all it could be, but damn once more would be well worth it. Anyways I loved it, nice writing.

  • linaji

    linaji

    I am so glad I came here.. I would love this one too!! This really is the stuff i am feeling now and I like this:
    Have you seen it, can you smell it
    did you taste the salted time
    fragile pieces to recover
    best we leave it all behind

    Oh PJ.. I need more distractions!

  • oneperfectkiss

    oneperfectkiss

    well…young love is lust before love grows….but lust has it’s own luscious time and fervour…subtly delicious in it’s own fabulous right. xxx

  • olivecrayon

    olivecrayon

    This…I get this.
    It’s right. It shows the weight of what it describes.

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