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Pride

i'll stay long enough to hear you thank me
for the bruises that decorate your ass
i'll sidestep with fleet foot your best guess
at which parts of me may have been masks
i'll show you no shame as i'm catching the train
you missed for your indulgence in doubt
i'll harbor no blame for the fruit that I make
of the females I encounter en route
lips sticky sweet and curved up to the sky
while what trickles below only partly belies
the glee damaged girls find in bruising themselves
and the pride that may make a devil of me
for enjoying their company in hell

Style / type: 
Free verse
Review Request (Intensity): 
I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
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Explicit Content

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this sounds like a guy I lived with many years ago. it was an addictive relationship. I see that you have 28 reads/hits and not one of them brave enough to comment ;)
pretty brave write!

*hugs, Cat

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HAHA. Nailed it on this one Cat. I have this piece up here, another large poetry site and in the writer's group I started and you are one of 3 people to comment. I actually love this one. I thought it made me sound like kind of a too cool for school ne'er do well bad ass. It's a fun poem. I assume it might have to do with the bruises? But raucous and vigorous and colorful creative love making does exist in this world people and I would never hurt a woman in some untoward way. I love and respect women and the woman who this was about asked for and invited said bruises. She wasn't thrilled about the poem but she was fine with the content. Incidentally, I got plenty of my own love marks from the same relationship. All consensual, all fun adult stuff (see my piece Ribbons). Anyway, maybe it's something else. I had a good time with this one. Thank you being brave in response and giving me a chuckle. As always, thank you for reading.

IO

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I gave up on my two other poetry sites out of necessity. I can't type that well, although my typing is better than my writing, lol. this is the site I kept. it holds many fine memories for me.

*love & hugs, Cat

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