Sweep me backwards into nostalgia
Kiss me saccharine, faithless in the
Widowing rays of a nocturnal farce
=
Paint me with the sweat of your
Writhing flesh deliver me unclean,
Through the repeated application of
Your villainous intentions, summon
The white light of a heady amnesia
Speak to me as your mistress, not as
The wife scorned and abandoned by
The treachery of your misplaced organ
=
Drag my name across your tongue
Slow and sadistic like a blade. End
Me with paroxysm and heat lightening
Like a summer’s night, humid in the
Onset of a wine-ingested decay
=
A witch’s spell, a moon sick fairytale
In the morning thoroughly spent,
Boneless as a mescaline mindtrip
I’ll remove the ring from my finger
And retreat into the dessert, a lizard
Priestess, tepid blood migrating toward
The reliable warmth of soldiering sun
mindlovemisery 
“Kiss me sacharine” alone is brilliant.
Oh, my.
Thank you =)
Wow….just…wow…this is superb! 🙂
Awwww Helen thank you so much
As soon as I opened it I was swooped with the marvel you always put in your poems.
Thank you very much I am so happy
“I’ll remove the ring from my finger
And retreat into the dessert, a lizard
Priestess, tepid blood migrating toward
The reliable warmth of soldiering sun”
Exquisite; I walk in the desert with you so strong are the images created by your words. I feel the strangeness of a finger without a ring, feel the heat of the sun.
Oh wow thank you so much!
nice…really like that second stanza..Paint me with the sweat of your
Writhing flesh deliver me unclean,…lots of energy in it…and the dragging the name across the tongue…like how you use the sun in the end as well…to contrast the faithfulness…
Thank you so much Brian =)
Oh this is just KILLER! Great lines and that last verse? Wow!
oh wow thank you so much Scott I am so glad you liked it =)
This is just gorgeous and brilliant and beautiful. Such wonderful imagery, layer upon layer… I don’t know where to start. ‘Deliver me unclean …. ‘ now that’s perfection!
Oh wow Nana Jo thank you so much =)
nicepot.in
nice
Thank you =)
A wonderful piece!
Thanks Annell =)
Strong lines throughout…a captivating write, giving me a few ‘goosebumps’ along the way.
Awww Mary thanks =)
Love, love, love the final stanza–your writing is so vivid–just wonderful!
Thank you so much!
Appreciate the irony of the darkness of the write against the light of the sun.
Thanks Latonya =)
“in the widowing rays of a nocturnal farce”…….a powerful response to treachery. I especially love the lizard priestess!!!!!! Fantastic imagery and power in this poem.
Oh Sherry thank you!
it’s great to see you still in faerieland! The Moon Sick, moon entranced world is one full of beautiful words and images. You walk its paths so elegantly.
Thank you very much!
such strong emotions.. raw. love it.
Thank you kindly!
Breathtakingly beautiful! I am always amazed by your work.
Awww Lisa the feeling is mutual your work never ceases to amaze
You just continue to impress. Some graphically excellent images illustrated by well chosen words! Bravo!
Thank you very much Scott!
Excellent imagery! Drag my name across your tongue–boneless as mescaline mind trip–very creative 🙂
Awww thanks Sara =)
A nice mix of powerful lines that helped weave the mystical feel of the poem.
Thank you so much!
lovely imagery, great use of language. i can see a fantasy/sci-fi story developing from here. 🙂
Oh thank you!
wow, this is certainly vivid and lively! I enjoyed the journey.
and how nice it is to migrate back to the sun’s “reliable warmth.”
Thank you so much Janet =)
There are so many powerful statements in this poem. I was especially struck by these lines:
Speak to me as your mistress, not as
The wife scorned and abandoned…
Thank you so much Kerry =)
Letting it go is painful. I love the firmness in the poem
Thank you so much Akila =)