poem: "Dare I Be the Peach?"

[fannishliss]

[this is an original poem, for my friend roguebitch, who wanted something about women, sex, and aging]

Dare I Be the Peach?

I'm no peach,
unblemished, firm and fair,
fresh flesh prepared to bear an heir--

but yes, I am a peach,
ripe and luscious,
first fruit, juiciest, most delicious.

I'm no green thing, left to ripen on a shelf --
my hour of delectation I determine for myself.

Yes, I am sunlight distilled,
tender rain and tended field,

the flower and the bee,
the well-trimmed tree,
the journey to the stall,
bruises and all.

But no, I don't sit waiting,
flaunting, baiting,
calling all comers
with the headiest of odors.

A flash of gold, a blush of rose:
my qualities are subtler, headier than those --
it requires a deeper discernment to discover
with what pleasures I requite the better sort of lover.

With lips and tongue and teeth I'll suckle in
as trails of oozy sweetness track my skin.  

Fingers delving deep, the sweet flesh drips--
a quiver in the belly, a shake of the hips,

a sigh, an eyelid flutter at such delight.
One last kiss to sticky fingers,
licked clean, tucked out of sight.

Now, as for the pit,
that stony heart, the core
of secret germinations, it holds in store
within, the ideal: the idea

of the tree

still branching out

into sublimity---



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Comments

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

thanks so much! there's a lot to think about, being in our forties, and not least of which is our nature as sexual creatures in this society so focused on the craziness and dramas of youth!

[heintz57.livejournal.com]

You are so right and being forty is a good thing I am in my sexual peak now, and the experience is much more exciting because of my age and much more intense.

I am always surprised when society thinks when a woman turns forty she is and "old maid" Which is untrue.

Myself I wouldn't want to be young again even if I was paid a million dollars this time in my life I found myself enjoying life even more than ever.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

Yup, agreed!! :D