Marcia Nonkululeko Tladi
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Poem "Temptation":
- written October 2006
- published October 15, 2006
- viewed 377 times
Other poems by Marcia Nonkululeko Tladi:
»A child called hope«
»Come and make it rain«
»Dear Death«
»Find no solace in suicide«
»Girl from Mozambique«
»I Am A River«
»I am not complaining«
»I love Poetry«
»I won't stop writing«
»Loveless Day«
»Magic carpet of dreams«
»Unfinished Story«
»Were the world mine to change«
»You Find Me«
Visit Marcia Nonkululeko Tladi's profile page
Poem "Temptation":
- written October 2006
- published October 15, 2006
- viewed 377 times
Other poems by Marcia Nonkululeko Tladi:
»A child called hope«»Come and make it rain«»Dear Death«»Find no solace in suicide«»Girl from Mozambique«»I Am A River«»I am not complaining«»I love Poetry«»I won't stop writing«»Loveless Day«»Magic carpet of dreams«»Unfinished Story«»Were the world mine to change«»You Find Me«»Temptation«
It nibbles at my ear lobes
And whispers sweet nothings
To the tone of promises
Its tact is composed
Nothing hurried about it
Take your time
It seems to say
Take your time but
Show some urgency
It may not be there forever
You know
Someone else will take it
It says to me
It pacifies my lips
Soft sucking
Never fulsome
Tell me when you want me stop
It says to me
But I?m uncertain
Though not far at all from
Giving in
To the lushness
Of its touch
Voluptuously sensual
In its strokes
I lie in bed with temptation
Uncomfortably close to it
This time
My inhibitions fast escaping me
Leaving me alone
With this devil of a feeling
That lures me so cleverly
In the darkness
Further into the dark
It lures me so cleverly
Until someone hits the light switch
And whispers sweet nothings
To the tone of promises
Its tact is composed
Nothing hurried about it
Take your time
It seems to say
Take your time but
Show some urgency
It may not be there forever
You know
Someone else will take it
It says to me
It pacifies my lips
Soft sucking
Never fulsome
Tell me when you want me stop
It says to me
But I?m uncertain
Though not far at all from
Giving in
To the lushness
Of its touch
Voluptuously sensual
In its strokes
I lie in bed with temptation
Uncomfortably close to it
This time
My inhibitions fast escaping me
Leaving me alone
With this devil of a feeling
That lures me so cleverly
In the darkness
Further into the dark
It lures me so cleverly
Until someone hits the light switch
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MDP: "there's something about a woman that is able to weave a a quilt of words and thoughts, metaphors and suggestions... do with me what you will dear mistress..."- Victor: "Love this Poem its well written Marcia"