Once more under black velvet pinpricked by cosmic light
\nOnce again conduct muses to give voice to this silent night
\nOnce again sculpt from Eris’ random form into ordered lines
\nOnce more into the depths of infinite Mind…<\/p>\n
She stirred my depths to percolate what I thought forgotten
\nMade fresh the parts I thought decayed and rotten
\nThe long-suppressed emotions I had tucked away in hope of my own safety
\nThe demons that I thought no longer chased me<\/p>\n
The tidal wave of passion nearly drowning
\nThe loss of my self-discipline astounding<\/p>\n
Ever wanting more<\/p>\n
Ever wanting more than what I could consume
\nThe way the world would fade away when she was in the room
\nAnd soon I lost all sense of self in rabbit-hole of who she was
\nThe razor edge between infatuation and what I thought was love<\/p>\n
But flowry words are cheap when gestures of affection unreturned
\nThe fire of physical connection without the mental left both of us burned
\nAnd as both of us yearned for more than the other had to offer
\nI felt my heart inch closer to the slaughter<\/p>\n
Lesson learned<\/p>\n
Now months have passed and painful throb has faded to a half-forgotten ache
\nI look back at the times we spent and don’t see them as mistakes
\nJust another step in both our journeys, maybe in the right direction
\nFor all else she shook what was asleep awake<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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