Predator
There are moments when I feel
I'm more animal than man
and I can barely hold the truth
of what I am
When the claws come out
and the screams become growls
And the fangs cut deep into my doubts
I look at you
Eye to eye
I look at you
And your face strikes me
like a shock collar taming the monster
I've become.
Sending shivers
and quivers
and daggers
and knives.
Pinning me down inside my own body.
Your smile comforts the waves
violently crushing my humanity.
And the currents bubbling inside me
move towards one direction.
Towards you.
And the ever growing voice inside my head
becomes whispers in the wind
The growls and roars are no longer deafening.
As you caress me,
the scales and fur changes back to skin
Yearning for your warmth,
for your touch.
The same touch that starts my madness
tames my nearly uncontrollable state
You are the well that quenches my thirst.
The calm when I am about to burst.
For I am but a monster in
sheep's clothing
And only you could undress me
and rip the filth I've covered my body with
The monster comes
and the monster goes
The monster strikes
deep and through
But in all the skins I have come to put
and the savage things I have come to do
My instincts tell me to always run to you.
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Rainbow Bliss: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Poetry & Stories
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