Someone New
******************

The clock spins her hands, tick tock
Time’s steady rhythm and blues, rock
Her tune wildly dancing in our heads
Pulsating new life back into the dead
Striking a match, burning embers light
Truth and envy separate, then reunite
Ties bind and break with so much ease
So many reasons for people to please
Forever friends transform everything
Thriving in love that forgiveness brings
We find our way with only one clue
Together we’ll become someone new

©AthenaRose 11/23/12

I’ve Waited Hungrily
**************************

I feel you coming towards me
Much greed in you I grasp
With daring I stand taunting
Ready to welcome you at last

Alone I’ve waited hungrily
For what only you can give
No other will ever reach me
It’s for you I’ll always live

Your eyes follow me closely
Your mind wants all control
To get your way completely
You have to possess my soul

Skillfully now you plunder
Searching deeply in the abyss
Where you find me wanting
To be nourished with a kiss

Gently your strong hands lift me
Planting my feet on mother earth
Father time has come to join us
To see what fate has given birth

As one mind and body we mingle
With a purpose we’ll always stay
Reveling in the love we proffer
And enjoying the games we play

©AthenaRose 11/24/12

The Place We’ll Rendesvous
************************************

It’s so easy to forget what we felt when we first met
Life goes on and everyday brings its own kind of stress
Just the act of breathing and thinking way to deep
Can create emotions we’d sometimes like to sweep
Clearing out the cobwebs, obstacles in our mind
Frees up impulses taking us where we want to climb
Up and over all the walls we built between us two
Taking us even higher to the place we’ll rendezvous
Excitement mounts when we meet somebody new
All the possibilities reminds us of me and you
Now we’re starting over with fresh milk to drink
Leaving the past behind us is easier than we think
In this fast paced world, being slow can win the race
Taking time to enjoy life with a smile on our face
But, always remember that our loves can be easily lost
If we put our own needs first, we choose to pay the cost
So, if luck smiles on you, brings all you’re looking for
Keep it in your grasp and you’ll never want for more


©AthenaRose 12/24/12

We’ll Cherish Every Memory
************************************

Walking along the coast at sunrise,
the wind and ocean scent embrace,
low tide leaves behind her spoils,
and crabs scurry back to their hiding place.

Holding hands gently,
we’re laughing and talking,
savoring each morsel of truth from our lips,
as the new day slowly wakens our senses
we begin to strengthen our grip.

Farther away we steadily wander,
lost in the moment and solitude,
when our eyes meet and we suddenly realize
that civilization is no longer in view.

It’s then we feel the pull of nature,
her grip so strong we can’t break free,
and without restraint we choose to surrender,
our wills usurped by the mystery of the deep.

As the tide takes over and we’re carried away,
engulfed by the sea and her powerful waves,
our bodies exhausted,
our breath almost gone,
destiny brought us to where we belong.

Together forever,
for better for worse,
we’ll cherish each memory,
‘til the end of the earth.

©AthenaRose 11/24/12

Legends of the Hood
**************************

Your mouth on mine, breathing in, breathing out
Restless together bodies twist and tongues devour
Your spirit fills my lungs, flowing ice into my veins
Every ounce of your power goes straight to my brain
Tempt me; take me, your very words make me crazy
Hung like rubies on my neck your weight crushes me
Clenched tight, trembling, no controlling the inner self
There’s no one to rescue me, no where to run for help
Facial tensions mount your body’s rigid expression
Feeding frenzied hunger is your deep, dark obsession
In the midnight hours we become legends of the hood
As disobedient children intent on being misunderstood
Time won’t stop walls between us crumbling, eyes close
Climbing higher, faster, longer, swinging from the rope
Destiny’s last dream is a force we fiercely manipulate
Always together, throughout whatever, unto the grave

©AthenaRose 11/24/12

Cravings and Raw Emotions
********************************

Do You still want Me?
Do you like what you see?
Will I always entice you?
Can we live forever, free?

Such spontaneous love
Your Cherub from above
Awaits the calming touch
She misses it so much

Cravings and raw emotions
Filled with such devotion
How can you resist this?
Are you coming to get it?

If you want us together
No matter the weather
You must hurry now
And find me somehow

Promises we make a few
But it will always be us too
Immersed in fantasies galore
Could we ever ask for more?

©AthenaRose 11/25/12

I love these poems!!!

Love’s Burning Questions
******************************

1) Are you able to feel the power of romance as it changes your life from the inside out?

2) Does it turn you into someone new as your entire focus becomes wrapped around every nuance emanating from the object of your affections?

3) When another person, even a stranger is drawn to you and they willingly invest their own feelings and effort into making you see that love is more than just sexual gratification, does their attention create an overwhelming need in you to open yourself up to them on the same emotional level?

4) Has the birth of an unexpected encounter ever held sway over your life to the point where you unconsciously submit to its control without any thought or fear of rejection?

5) The first time you experienced such a unity of spirits was your self control on autopilot as every fiber of your being burned alive with each breath you took together, while the ache of separation, even if for just a day could be so excruciatingly painful that you couldn’t see how you would greet another sunrise without the beating of your two hearts as one?

6) Can infatuation captivate your intelligence to the extent that you’ll reach beyond your own limitations to obtain that which you might customarily resist if not for its compelling mystery?

7) These questions we ponder moving forward and through the realm of internet dating, while we ultimately desire to meet the person of our dreams. Or are they just another fantasy our minds create to inspire our hope for a happily fulfilling future?

©AthenaRose 11/25/12

I Curse the Day You Took Me
*********************************

You are my silent virtues first love
Taking me where I’d never go alone
How can you think I’m okay now?
On my own with no one to hold

Bumping into walls, I’m fenced in
This pen makes me want to fight!
To curse the day that you took me
Through this maze, I must survive!

Sleep walking I’m going nowhere
In circles looking for matching prints
Your fingers or foot can show me
Please… just give me one hint!

Will you ever come back for me?
There was so much we left unsaid
Shared feelings we can’t deny them
Running on empty, yet full stem ahead!

I’ve never felt lost and found before
Confused but pretending to be sane
And if you have stopped wanting me
Then cut the ties and stop all this pain!

©AthenaRose 11/25/12

The Cold Ignites Me
*************************

I can’t stop thinking, eating, breathing what’s you
My body turns my mind against me, it’s true
The cold should numb me, but it ignites me instead
Nothing will cure the disease of you in my head
Gouge my eyes out so the less I can see
Silence my thoughts, just please let me be
My ache turns to anger, my loss without gain
Will luck never find me, will I always feel pain?
Trapped in a sphere where I don’t really belong
Choking on my tongue and doing everything wrong
The child within me screams out to be free
While you hold me tight in moments like these
My tantrums crave comfort, but I refuse to give in
From love to hate, my feelings control me again

©AthenaRose 12/24/12

I’m Plotting a New Course
*******************************

I’m plotting a new course
With no thought for mistakes of yesterday or tomorrow
In pain and disillusioned
I look for what evades me
As it plays tricks on my mind
Walking alone and automatically responding
I sometimes lose my way
Opening new doors
With no thought for what I might see beyond them
Incredibly I am able to vanquish my self control
And lay waste to my common sense
Following every sound, every clue that could lead me to you
The man of my dream
Who once found will show me the difference in our madness
Passion without restraint
Forgiveness with bars keeping my feet on solid ground
Choices I would never know on my own, alone
Trust in that which is unseen, but felt deeply
Soaking in and squeezing out every drop of wisdom and happiness
For each other, we linger
Wanting and waiting
Around the next corner our journey begins, together

©AthenaRose 11/26/12

Fickle We Are as Humans
*****************************

Most often
We write poetry of love
Lost or found
Riding it gagged
Or loosely bound
Raw emotions simmering
Under the surface tide
Roaring in and out
Or open wide
One minute we love
The next we hate
Damn it to hell
Or praise to heaven’s gate
Fickle we are as humans do bleed
Is it a wonder that any succeed?
Fancy our choices
Made to feel most
Ready in time
To give up its ghost
With never a mind to be always true
What then becomes of me?
And you
Simply put
Along comes the bus
With loads of fresh genes
We forget about us

©AthenaRose 11/26/12

No Saint Without a Sinner
********************************

What comes today was here yesterday and comes again tomorrow
Birth > death, marriage > divorce, friends > enemies, love > hate, laughter > sorrow
There’s nothing new that’s never been old, no story that’s not been told
No hand you cannot hold, no heat without the cold
What makes us different from them, what makes women from men?
When is time ever late, is there a journey without fate?
Can we have rhyme without reason, or weather without a season?
We can’t have one without the other, no baby without a mother
No game without a winner, no saint without a sinner

So how can we have an us, without you and me together?

©AthenaRose 11/26/12

Love Can Save Us
*********************

Broken hearts and promises
Shattered lives and dreams
“God help us all!”
In the grander scheme of things
World peace and child hunger
Bolts of lightning, roaring thunder
Storms, winds, and rolling seas
What are we to make of these?
Plans set forth since Cain and Abel
Men struggle putting food on their table
Women abused, and child labor
There’s no love, only angry haters
Crowds exploding, buildings crumbling
The death toll rises, while life is humbling
People need work, money goes to the few
OIL SPILLS KILL! And WE KNOW THEY DO!
Chaos grieves us, making us scared and weak
LOVE CAN SAVE US, so
WHY DO WE MAKE IT HARDER THAN IT HAS TO BE?

©AthenaRose 11/26/12

Lovers Know the Game
****************************

You’ve shown me your secrets, and I’ve told you mine
Intrigue compels instincts, and shadows materialize
Under the cover of darkness love breaks through
Walls impenetrable weaken in front of you
Time stops now, worlds collide inside
Defenses lost, no more foolish pride
Hearts unite, one family, one gift
We share our feelings like this
Poets, lovers know the game
Writers expose the pain
Together explosions
Grinding emotions
Ecstasy‘s potion
Plus devotion
Holds us
Close


© Athena Rose 2012

Roads That Lead Back to Us
*********************************

Opening the door there you stand staring at me
Out of the blue and night blindness I see
Reaching for my heart with strings tied so tightly I can’t breathe
Taking my friendship and feelings you walk in and out of my life with careless ease
Me in your mind, you in mine
There’s no mistaking the roads that lead us back and forth and intertwine
Every time I see you is just like the last time and we ignite
Excitement and fear keeps me still
Secrets and silence keeps me thrilled
What power you wield and my own battle for control
I relent and you come close taking hold
With fever and rising heat
Together our bodies meet
Caress my lips
Grip my hips
Thrust your strength through to my core
Leave me wanting as you walk away closing the door
Content to know I’ll always be yours
Loneliness is the price I pay for wanting you more

©AthenaRose 11/27/12

A Dress Rehearsal
***********************

I expose my feminine energy for the taking
Fervently trembling naked for your tasting
Innocent and hungry I’m impatient to feast
Disrobe your soul emerge from underneath
In this dress rehearsal
Thought and reflection brings us here today
Our lives and love is worth the risk we take
Exploring each other, employing our minds
We are competitive, mountains we’ll climb
Pushing over the edge
Our bodies challenge our will to extremes
Bringing to life what once was our dreams
Positive and nuclear, vast emotions unload
There will be no end until each story is told

© Athena Rose 2012

Imaginations Running Wild
********************************

You drag my soul out through my throat
making me choke
Getting weaker and weaker
I give up
and over control
From the instant our paths crossed
you took me away
Imaginations running
wild animals in lust
we play
Happiness bubbling
just under the surface
foam
Clouds part
skies clear
we know we’re home
My inner child laughs
and takes your hand
You lead me
as a woman
loving her man
We don’t know the meaning
of goodbye
Through our fights
and sleepless nights
We wake
and take
and quake
and break
Our love’s never ending
obsessive
mistake

© Athena Rose 2012

I Feel Insane
******************

My spirit
refuses
to let it go
there is no end
to this ecstasy
intensity
for my friend
my man…
my second mind
I try to run
But…
I can’t even walk
away
I’m crawling
to keep from falling
so deeply
in love
Distraction
is what I need
it’s what I breathe
in music
to calm this quake
But…
I hear your voice
in every song
in every beat
I feel insane
inside my self
so much yearning
fires burning
down the walls
that keep me
safe
from you

© Athena Rose 11/27/12

Fat Chance at True Romance
***********************************

I SPY
one
dark eye
following
footsteps
opening doors
YOU return
to claim me
I'm yours…
fat chance
at
true romance
CARELESS
NO AWARENESS
I slipped
from your grasp
moving on
now
I’M STRONG!
done nothing
wrong
but say SO LONG!
Prettier words
I never heard
baptized me
into the earth
like a seed
covered
in snow
I GROW
to meet
the sun’s
warm glow
In the eye
of another
BENEATHE
a clouded sky
together
we face
FRENZIED WEATHER
wind
AND LOCK IN…

© Athena Rose 11/28/12