Imagined from the image by Natalia Drepina for mlmm photo challenge 145
monastery bed
bruise me
with indifference
bloody me
with averted lips
tie my hands
with unacknowledged needs
how dare you turn
our bed into a monastery
as you please
so I receive no pleasure
never asking if I
could switch luxuria
for habit
my habit for celibacy
tighten more the rope
so hands, so sensual core
go numb
must I retake
chastity vows to
lay in
once erotic bed
now monstrosity bed
black & blue
bloodied
sexual desire
un-sated
sexual thirst
un-slacked
against
rock of your
monastic vows;
desert of your heart
(c) Lorraine
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December 28, 2016 at 2:05 pm
Ow, when the burn of the marriage bed is frigidity not heat. The words sear in the anger of the one now bereft of that erstwhile passion.
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December 28, 2016 at 8:15 pm
Fire turns to ice, I guess.
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December 27, 2016 at 12:54 pm
Pain and longing dancing out of step. I can hear the tears and the disappointment…
And I really like the structure of your poem. It does a great job at reflecting the mood.
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December 27, 2016 at 9:12 pm
Thank you — the image is hard to look at and reflects, to me, much pain.
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December 27, 2016 at 10:31 am
each word is like a bite mark – harsh and yet there is also a silent, if implicit and definitely unacknowledged desperation …. very evocative and accusatory – so well done on capturing the feeling here and interpreting another darker image that is, nonetheless, intriguing.
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December 27, 2016 at 12:44 pm
Thank you — I found the image disturbing and wrote about a disturbing circumstance it triggered in my mind.
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December 27, 2016 at 1:36 pm
yes, it is rather over the top – in my travels looking at her works, they are often dark, and so it is understandable how it could serve as a trigger in some way.
I hope that you feel okay though.
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December 27, 2016 at 9:10 pm
I’m okay — just sad more than anything else today.
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December 28, 2016 at 7:11 pm
hugs and more hugs …. ((((Lorraine))))
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December 28, 2016 at 8:13 pm
Thanks, Pat. The Depression has settled in for a visit, and it’s hard not to feel a tired sadness about everything.
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December 28, 2016 at 8:48 pm
yup …. yup …. been there …. am there most days …. *sigh* …. (((Lorraine)))
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December 28, 2016 at 9:22 pm
((((((((((Pat)))))))))) because.
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December 28, 2016 at 10:35 pm
thank you – appreciated :)
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