Craven is the Beast Who Cannot Sleep

mstrace
Author: mstrace
Word Count: 302
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Craven is the Beast Who Cannot Sleep

I can’t sleep.

Craven is the Beast Who Cannot Sleep belongs to the following groups:

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

I am craven.

I want to pour him down my throat.

I want to lick the bastard clean.

I want to take him.

All of him

like a fork full of confection
running my tongue down its
tines
until it sings to me of some sweet
alien religion
until he moans
whispers
the things he wants to do to me
the again and again and again things.

I hate nights like this
unable to sleep
to think
to eat

curled on my couch
feet tucked
bare
beneath me
I pray for peace from him
from that stark
sharp
cocktail of pain
anything
to gut me out of the
reverie of him.

No sleep for me
tonight
where he insists on staying
a black inky sketch
lasered to the inside of
my eyelids

Tonight there
exists
a pool in my heart
pumping out
a fountain of need
which each beat
spelling his name
in lust, in my throat
wanting to spit it all out
across his chest
tell him all my secrets

Tonight
just tonight
I want him to practice on me
anything
as long as its borders are black
and his insides smoke
me clean

I want nothing but the stinging welts
of him
to blossom through me

I want him in the dark

the utter darkest dark

until we are nothing
but noise
slapping flesh
grunts
teeth, knuckles
bone
scorching
flattened
slick friction
hinges exploding
breath
hot
sweating
burning through sound

he has no idea
none
how ripe my universe is
how I am this…
willing creature
this…tabula rosa
ready for him
to put his hands on me
anywhere
on me.

I am sacrifice.

I am an infinite tapestry
bolts and bolts and bolts
of need

untie me

roll me out

I am meant to be touched.

(c) 2009 mstrace

  • Jessica  Tremp

    Jessica Tremp

    ‘as long as its borders are black’
    and
    ‘whispers
    the things he wants to do to me.
    The again and again and again things.’

    fuck yes!

  • mstrace replied

    fuckin’ a right Jess! (heehee)

  • Holly Ringland

    Holly Ringland

    wherever he is my love, a tree near him just combusted into flame, a star burn itself to dust in the sky, a bed of flowers shriveled to black bouquets in the heat of you insomina… he might have no idea… but when you set these words free, they weave spells you powerhouse lionhearted woman… i gobbled up every word. stunning, as usual. i do love your words, they are an elixir that wakes up my insides. fracking romping fantastic, if you ask me. xxxxxx

  • mstrace replied

    I want to dip your comments in gold and hang them on the walls of my bedroom.

    I SOOOOO love them that much Hollyland.

  • Lisa  Jewell

    Lisa Jewell

    “as long as its borders are black
    and his insides smoke
    me clean”

    fuck those lines are amazing….the entire piece is…..

    I’m grunting….oh god that sounds wrong….

    wow wow wow….

  • mstrace replied

    um…grunting – hell no Lisa, that doesn’t sound wrong at all

  • Geoff  Coleman - Landscapes

    Geoff Coleman...

    Oh Trace
    No one, but no one, but no one
    writes
    lustneeddesire
    pantinginsomniamadness
    like
    you.
    No
    one.
    You make the reader feel like sweat between the bodies
    And damn but reading the comments on your genius is almost as good as reading what you wrote – Holly so nailed it!

  • mstrace replied

    geoff – oh god. I love that. pantinginsomniamadness

    ooooooh, I like that.

    and I’d be lyin’ if I didn’t admit that yes, while my brain thinks the way I write – I do write in a way that I hope the reader can actually see/feel what I’m saying.

    thank you my friend.

  • PJ Ryan

    PJ Ryan

    aaaaaagh !

    there’s so much of this i love .. i started highlighting lines … but it became ridiculous … love it all .. i love your raw, confronting sensuality .. your ability to take me by the throat and make me swallow words i love regardless. you astound me. you really do.

  • mstrace replied

    hello gorgeous – yeah, don’t you wish some guy would get a clue to all that swallowy, throaty, raw sensuality and pick me up, throw me over his shoulder and in to the nearest cave?

    YEE-HAW!

    xoxoxoxo

  • Astoreth

    Astoreth

    fuck…..can i ever relate to this! grand passion! i have nights like this all the time!

  • mstrace replied

    astoreth, isn’t it great the things that spin inside your mind and body…late at night…when you can’t fracking sleep!

    ;-)

  • bellmusker

    bellmusker

    anything
    as long as its borders are black
    and his insides smoke
    me clean

    I’m with Jess and Lisa – this is extraordinary writing. How do you do it?! How do you weave such intoxicating rhythms and images…...wonderful; as are you, my girl. x x x

  • mstrace

    mstrace

    bell – you’re being too kind this evening (or it is morning for you??)

    I indeed haven’t been sleeping well AT ALL these last few nights. And oh gawd Bell, the dreams!! they wake me up every hour. every. single. hour.

    so writing helps. a bit.

    HUGS

  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone

    It’s the rhythm, it’s the patterns, it’s the heart beating….

  • mstrace replied

    isn’t always that, in the end Mel…isn’t it?

  • burntblue

    burntblue

    powerful, raw, lusty. Love it.

  • mstrace replied

    ooooh, thank you SO much blue!

  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone

    with your work, YES! heh :)

  • ShadowDancer

    ShadowDancer

    Y U M M Y
    i can’t believe i haven’t crossed paths with you before this. i can’t wait to devour more of your writing, it’s delicious.

  • mstrace replied

    WOW. Shadow…that’s a wonderful compliment. Please then devour away.

  • greeneyedlady

    greeneyedlady

    i agree with Geoff…..i do so feel like the sweat between the bodies after reading this…..it pulled emotional threads from deep inside of me and whispered, “remember?” everyone can relate to this on some level….....your writing is ….mindblowing…...

  • mstrace replied

    greeneye…been away from the bubble from a few days traveling, but the delay was SO worth it to read this comment. You just made my toes tingle!!

  • nnimus3

    nnimus3

    this is fantastic. I’m gobsmacked, you’ve touched a nerve.

  • mstrace replied

    nnimus – thank you thank you thank you!

    as an American, I’ve gotta say I love the word “gobsmacked”!

  • erika15

    erika15

    “I want him in the dark
    the utter darkest dark
    until we are nothing
    but noise
    slapping flesh
    grunts
    teeth, knuckles
    bone
    scorching
    flattened
    slick friction
    hinges exploding
    breath
    hot
    sweating
    burning all sound”
    I gotta say this part is brilliant, it’s so raw and quick. I could smell it and taste it. I’ve never read anything like this before. It’s like….a sexual massacre! haha! I don’t know if that makes sense.
    But I agree with greeneyedlady. Your writing is mindblowing!

  • mstrace replied 29 days ago

    oh erika…I’ve been off the bubble for ages. I always want to thank each comment I receive for my work, so I apologize for the crazy delay with this one. But your comment was WORTH the wait. I thank you so much!

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