Contract with a Muse

By Stranger

Yes, I will make you my muse
But it will hurt, I promise
Me that is…
(This has always been the fodder and the fuel for my art)

Lets begin
First, lie back onto the couch
Make yourself comfortable
(Far too comfortable)

Next, I will need to make an incision just below your heart
Where I may insert the camera of my pen
(Not to worry, my metaphor, like my love, leaves no scar, no trace)

I must be able to clearly see the damage caused by lovers past
I have to be sure you are incapable of requiting my feelings
(This is a must for any self-loather worth their salt)

As I speak of salt… I also require to know the flavor of your tears
A consoling kiss upon your cheek should do nicely
(I am truly sorry you feel so badly for what you are about do to me)

And of course... I will need you to disrobe
It is essential that you sleep with me, but just this once
(A glimpse of heaven, so that I may sufficiently pine for an afterlife)

Now leave
Leave me with a hunger
A hunger, that so very like death, will last forever
(This will serve as our agreed upon payment of immortalization)

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Published on Monday, October 20, 2008. Filed under: "Poetry"

Comments on "Contract with a Muse"

A former member wrote: just be sure they read the fine print before they tightrope walk their signature across the dotted line...
On Thursday, May 7, 2009, Mylissa (825) wrote:

This almost felt like obsession which is simply an exciting, distraction through emotion. Lush and raw...I adore it.
On Tuesday, October 21, 2008, Narcissa (391) wrote:

Aren't they all like this. Here one day than gone the next and here we are left to love them, miss them, and perhaps hate them for it...Excellent piece.
On Tuesday, October 21, 2008, Aurora_Light (472) wrote:

Dark my friend, and so much like you. "A hunger, that so very like death, will last forever" just wow, it's so true that when you long for a love that hungry doesn't fade, just as death can never be reversed. well writen *bows*
On Tuesday, October 21, 2008, Carmina Gitana (149) wrote:

Tense, brittle, delicately and precariously balanced. Beautiful, as always. Heavy as a paperweight in my hand. The middle stanza almost brought me to tears by the second time I read it. Don't you know Muses are just the misplaced shadows of exhausted Poets?
On Tuesday, October 21, 2008, Leith Plunkett (237) wrote:

wow. I am lost for words. This is so unique. What a talent you have
On Monday, October 20, 2008, estherbell (52) wrote:

ooo wow...your words have just given me the answer to a question about myself,a question I never even asked.respect.
On Monday, October 20, 2008, urbanhumility (1158) wrote:

original .......in only the way you can.......well chosen words....well done my friend................urban
On Monday, October 20, 2008, Echoes of Orpheus (357) wrote:

"but it is important that it be just this once (A glimpse of heaven, so that I may sufficiently pine for an afterlife) " damn this was good...