Kiss or Hold

I have had some women
extraordinarily willing
and beautifully presented

Or should I say their offers
were delightfully eager
and roses to my pleasure

They even anxiously pulled
at their fastenings to hasten
their access to my desire

(instrumental)

But they harbored a terrible ugliness
at their core, something shocking
to encounter caked, cracked, and sore

An ugliness of choice
a poison of the mind
blind to its own horrors

I'd rather not taste
it cross me ever again
or on my lips at all

(instrumental)

If I could kiss or hold
someone purer inside
I would only need their skin
to make love to their soul

I would make love to their soul
I would make love to their soul

8/10/25

© Huw Powell
printed 21 November 2025

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Kiss or Hold