Thread by @RCdeWinter

#poetry

last muse

i need a new muse
and this one will be my last
in today's best bloodless tradition
i've laid out my requirements
but they are far from bloodless:

feral manscent
woodsmoke and threedays' growth
strong arms
strong hands
mind sharp as a blade
and sane enough
to know when to be crazy

the heart of a warrior
who knows when to be gentle
and when to be fierce
who knows the truth
and never fears to speak it
in a voice
that can make rafters ring
or a growl
known only to me

that brings the hot sweet melt
of desire to a furious boil
in my blood
who knows my soul
inside and out
and loves with a passion
fiercer than fire

impossible?
perhaps - perhaps not
there are legions
to be looked at
he doesn't have to be pretty
but he'd better be real

if i'm going to
worship at a shrine
giving all my secret depths
to a last lover
it's going to be as right
and as perfect as imperfect
can come to being

damn me for a dreamer
but we are such stuff as
dreams are made on
and i can dream
with the best of them
© 2016 RC deWinter
Published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal @LothlorienJ
March 2022

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