Take a Seat, Pride

careless rapture
Author: careless rapture
Word Count: 261
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Take a Seat, Pride

Take a Seat, Pride belongs to the following groups:

All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Blue Room, The Adult Group and The Sensual Word

It always fails to place itself correctly,
my pride.
Or my lack thereof.
Very rarely does it walk into the bedroom
or interrupt love.
Yes, baby,
yank my hair like that.
Enslave me.
Bite me.
Fuck me.
Hurt me.
Oh, please hurt me.
Sex just always shoves pride right back out the door.
It prefers itself abandoned.
Stripped bare.
Naked.
Exposed.
Vulnerable.
to suit body and skin.

And love,
it never cared for pride much either.
A love without grit,
without wantonness,
seemed like a love not worth having.
A defeat of it’s purpose,
in a way.
Oh,
but my pride found a good home at work.
It got in the way quite a bit.
It wouldn’t let anyone tell me what to do
and when they did,
it would circle around me.
Pacing.
Push up all the little hairs on my back,
Right up around my neck.

When people started to call me stubborn
and a snob,
but could walk all over me once close,
I knew we had to fight it out,
my pride and I.
I sat it down,
looked it in the eye.
I rattled at it,
tried to make it understand.
That it was running us into the ground.
That if love pushed it away,
it needed to push a little harder back.
I needed it there,
I said,
putting a hand on it’s shoulder.
It hung its head,
unusual for pride.
Took my hand,
squeezed it tight.
Promised to stretch itself around a little.

Well,
we’re working on it.

But I still like rough sex.

  • liciouspoet

    liciouspoet

    I really like this one….this is awsome work,
    always,
    licious
    xoxo

  • KEITH  R. WILLIAMS

    KEITH R. WILL...

    seductive, and excellent

  • excitablegirl

    excitablegirl

    Fucking perfection !!! I’m impressed and I don’t impress easily these days!!!

  • cherryvanilla

    cherryvanilla

    swoons

  • PJ Ryan

    PJ Ryan

    yeh !!

    love the ending.

  • careless rapture replied

    me too.
    very much.
    thank you

  • aglaia b

    aglaia b

    your personification of pride excites me. ;-)

  • careless rapture replied

    haha, thank you

  • gutterhubris

    gutterhubris

    Brutal sweet. I love the pace, the content…everything.

  • careless rapture replied

    thank you kindly gutterhubris

  • jcmontgomery

    jcmontgomery

    I echo everyone’s sentiments above. The pace, content, power, graceful style…wonderful.

  • Luckyvegetable

    Luckyvegetable

    uh fucking huh

  • Xen Pow

    Xen Pow

    Love it! A familiar truth so well illuminated here

  • mstrace

    mstrace

    terrific pace, an ending to hang my hat on. I really love this piece not just because of the words and their rhythm, but because I completely identify with it, all of it…the pride, the war AND the rough sex. Well done!

  • careless rapture replied

    thanks mstrace, seems there are a few of us who should keep their chin up

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  • MyAlterEgo

    MyAlterEgo

    ha! love this! very well written

  • espanolvive

    espanolvive

    oh yes baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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