when touched by others
she but knew the pain they brought...
his touch brought solace
so she turned her scars
flaunting them before his eyes...
fearing pain's return
he bathed them with tears
comforted them with kisses...
till they hurt no more
-----
if i become beast
blame it on what beauty does...
when she touches me
-----
flowers know no fear
even beasts may love a rose...
taking but memory
-----
wisps of fingertips
raise sensual sensations...
touching but herself
-----
I've lived where beasts roam.
I'll not attack but shall defend...
An evil i embrace.
I will bear the scars and weep,
So strangers will not have to.
-----
time tears pages out
taking with it who i was...
or was meant to be
-----
we're interwoven
time myself and me and i...
who was and will be
-----
inside my head i
wander intropsective halls...
seeking dead echoes
-----
like loving others
what's done alone for pleasure...
is just as valid
-----
mirrors do not show
you only see your beauty...
through how you are seen
-----
intimate party
where lovers dance close and slow...
heartbeat to heartbeat
-----
tight in my embrace
body fitted to my own...
curves neatly in place
-----
are you just a dream
or living breathing woman...
warmly delightful
-----
the taste of your tongue
adventuresome lips gainst mine...
as kisses collide
-----
his breath filling her
thrilling in its raw passage...
through hills and valleys
-----
loving eyes caress
praising both body and soul...
adore her beauty
-----
sinuous petals
folded filagree adorned...
round an ardent stem
-----
sinuous petals
folded filagree adorned...
round an ardent stem
-----
skips over my words
fears i speak too much of love...
a different way
-----
face poet's challenge
raise thy courage dear lady...
trust his words one time
-----
first she hid her scars
i made her show them to me...
so i could love them
-----
you appear again
image never far away...
revealed with the dawn
here too in the dark
not seen but so softly felt...
a breath a whisper
warm breast upon my own
touch of lips a questing tongue...
fingers which claim me
-----
natural to me
this friendly bird sings in the trees...
world's finest music
-----
to escape our cages
each became the other's refuge...
being one brought freedom
-----
Donovan Baldwin