Poem Of The Week #42

Hey what's up. Yeah, I've been busy for the past few weeks, so I haven't really gotten around to writing a poem until now...I've been working on this one for a while, since it's really long, and I like it because it portrays a good balance of what I'm sure many of us feel at one time or another, so I hope you enjoy! I promise I'll try to get back into it soon.

The good times are so few and far between
But when you’re here that doesn’t matter to me
Time melts away when you’re in my arms
I can’t resist your sensual charms
I breathe you in and lose myself in the bliss
I can’t stop at the joy of just one kiss
My mind tries to break off the embrace
But reason is ignored; desire takes its place
I don’t want this love to go sour
But I want us to go a lot farther
To have great love you have to take it slow
Yet emotion’s screaming at me saying to go
“Pick up the pace, I don’t have all day
It’s not important, what you’re trying to say
Forget your reason, you have no clue
How good it feels, what you’re about to do.”
I close my eyes and give in even more
All the pleasure is so hard to ignore
Rationality is on the back burner
Cause all I’m thinking about is her
We work together as one entity
Unified in thought, but not in body
As we get closer to being one
My mind flashes with a spark of reason
Once again I recall my fear
In acting without feelings that are dear
Plagued again by indecisive thought
By my conscience for these actions I’m caught
I break away from her wanting lips
Saying, “I can’t take anymore of this”
She opens her eyes and gives me a blank stare,
Puzzled. “Why are you running away from here?”
She asks as she brings me blissfully closer
I breathe in and put my hands on her shoulder
I look into her eyes with all my heart
And confess “I can’t stand it when we are apart.
I don’t want us to rush into this.”
She answers me with another kiss
I swallow my words as they slide down my throat
“It seems I just can’t help myself,” I thought
Times slips away…one hour? Two? I can’t tell
All I know is I’m going straight to Hell
When this is over. Why can’t I stop?
I can’t just let my feelings for her drop
Away with such ease! I know what will happen
If we continue with this course of action
My mind lashes out inside of my head
As I begin to act on what I’ve said
All this time and realize that it’s wrong
Opportunities like this don’t come along
Everyday…but I get up and walk away
It hurts my body so much to leave her there
But I know that this way things will be better
My hand quivers and takes a hold of the door
As I listen to those words I thought before…
I hear her mutter under her breath
“I’ll love you with all my heart, till nothing’s left.”

Anthony C, "The Night’s Restraint"