2021 Poetry

Botthisava

No more in love with methan a bee with a flowerAs he dances to find what he needs.And she gives it in hopes of eternity. Let me love you like a rose.And watch you fly from flower to flower,Waiting for your assured returnThe best sourceOf lifeAnd loveThat you require. Let me love you like a…

150 150 Stafford Wood

Salmon run

Compelled by instinctThe salmon fliesUpstreamAgainst a currentSo fierce it would pullA grown man back. The hardest featOf life on earth. And as she flies,Does she resentThe man taking his sonTo fish in the streamFor something tastyWho mightRip her heartFrom her bodyIf he catches herOn her wayTo do whatshe was born for.

150 150 Stafford Wood

Shush

You should never shush a womanUnless she’s rarely shushed at allAnd then it’s kind of epicAs a man takes controlWhen she’s had it all before.If you shush this kind of womanYou’ll tear down her wallsAnd let you take the wheelAnd be grateful for itAll night.

150 150 Stafford Wood

Vulnerable

The seal waddles to the seaBoth her salvation and her death.Does she know at birththat the water will beThe cradle of all her days?Can she see the orcaThat may cut her heartIn half?And she crawls across the sandBecause she mustShe will live a lifeOr have her heart cut outTodayIn an instantShe doesn’t hesitate on the…

150 150 Stafford Wood

When

When you make love to me(I say when and not ifBecause I see it so clearlyInevitably) When you make love to me(It will beWhen you love me so muchYou can’t say noNot to meThat’s easyBut the voice inside of youSaying now is the time) It will be SundayIn the afternoon(When we’re dry as a boneNot…

150 150 Stafford Wood

A girl who looks like a woman

How do you seduce a girlWho looks just like a woman?Delighted by laughterHer eyes flickerWhen you touch her just rightWith a word or a hand.But her heart can be brokenHer soul crushedBy a great love or a friend. She’s never been loved rightExcept by her daddyWho told her to bewareOf men with soft voicesAnd strong…

150 150 Stafford Wood

Steep

On a night like tonightI want to pour myselfInto the waterAnd steep like teaSipped over an hourThen set myselfOn the bed as bigAs the golden stateLie against your chestAnd listen to you breatheFall asleepTogetherAnd call it love.Until it isn’t.

150 150 Stafford Wood
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