No, I won't back out now
At the edge of a precipice,
Between a hard place
And a harder rock
Piercing into my gut,
I want to spill
But I can't rewind
This tape
Not now,
Because I know
Deep down inside,
That I would do it
All over again,
And again,
Even if I knew then
What I know now,
For that smile
I'd never hesitate
No matter how much
My mind hates my heart,
I had already jumped from the start
And there is no changing course
I can only brace myself
For that bittersweet pain...

APAD15 - 001 © okpoet

If I were a dog
I'd curl up next to her,
Oh that I wish
She'd stroke my hair
And hold me
Like she needed me,
When the air is cold outside
I seek the warmth
But she's far from me,
More chilled is her touch
No mere freezer burn
And I'm left yearning,
When will I close the gap
The chasm between us?
What wouldn't I do
But I won't
No surrender,
Every sunrise full of hope
And every night
A close I wish would be the last
A glimmer of want
In a word,
And I'll try
Try again...

APAD14 - 010 © okpoet

Been awhile
Since I've cracked
A smile
This wide,
I always lacked
On the inside
A flame,
And I'll never be
The same
After her,
Nor she
Will ever again
Waltz alone
Wear me like fur
Round her neck
Warm to the bone
Always at her beck
And call
Till death
And even then
She'll never fall,
For every breath
I take;
It's just for her sake...

APAD14 - 009 © okpoet

I want to hit it
And never quit
I'd follow her through the mall
Be it winter spring
Summer or Fall
That's the thing
About her
If I were a cat
She'd make me purr
She's all that
And more,
Evermore will I soar
With her under my wings
My soul just sings and sings
Always glad
For all that had
To happen
For our paths to cross
But never at a loss
For words will I ever be
For she is my sea to shining sea
My own happy, the end...

APAD14 - 008  © okpoet

It's there
That familiar shape
At my fingertips
That unforgettable taste
Between my lips,
A longing
Finally appeased
But then replaced
By a new yearning,
Every breath
Unfiltered love
Deeply inhaled
Softly expelled,
The cool air
And the warmth clashing
Like snow and fur
Time and space watching
I trace every surface
Lik a friend
That never stays long,
But oh how
Her presence lingers
In all the corners
Felt but unseen,
An enchanting spell
Clutched to my heart unbroken...

APAD14 - 007 © okpoet

I want
*** and champagne
Love and all its pain,
Under moonlight
And past the sun's brow
Night and day
Through rain and blue
I want
All that is you,
Lava flows
And fires burn
As does the fiery orb
In the sky,
But nigh;
None are ablaze
Like the yearning within
My soul,
What scorched earth
Would bare rock
Like that of my beating heart
For but a gaze
From your eyes,
For but the graze
Of your skin,
Electrostatic ignition
Between my fingertips
And your luscious curving plains,
Like lighting strikes
And storms thunder
In the space separating,
The void that keeps
This earnest frothing
Churning need alive
Another day...

APAD14 - 006 © okpoet

She waves
And not a hand
Has she raised,
With golden trestles
Spiraling down
Rapunzel's staircase
To the heavens,
Her sparkling smile
A sun breaking
Through the sky,
An entanglement of beauty
In every flicker of her eyes,
Goldilocks's perfection
In a vessel of curves,
Divine; sublime
Supple; sweetly
Dripping smoldering
Sensual alchemy,
She scorches
With a touch,
She sizzles
With a breath,
And with her gaze
To ashes you will burn...

APAD14 - 005 © okpoet