The Temporary Panacea

Tell it all to me

Let me hear the words

The words that matter to me

Tell me

Say those magically seductive words

So cleverly woven

Akin so verbal silk to me

The smooth, velvet-like sounds that emit

From your pleasantly wicked lips

Your indentured servant it makes me

I live to hear your sweet nothings

But that is all they are aren’t they

Absolutely nothing

Embossed and a cancerous sacherine coating

They are lies

Every last bit

Every sordid tale

Every syllabic masterpiece

A melodic symphony of lies

And I want it so

I deserve it no?

After all it is what I have paid you for

And the time I paid for is far from over

So lay your back to me

Yes, just like that

Raise your hand back to caress my face

Yes, just like that

Let me hold your waist

Tell me you like that

Whisper to me that I matter

Tell me you can do that

It must be weird for you

To have a “John” not want sex

I just need your aid in forgetting my life’s hex

I am not meant to be loved

I am not meant to be adored

I’m trying to find a way that I don’t have to feel

For the interim I’ve only one need

Just lie to me

Please lie to me

Please

Lie to me

During this hour I’ll feel like a man

Yet it’ll be all too soon

Before I return to a life damned

But not quite yet

You’re money well spent and I thank the gods you’re able

To place my mind at ease with your golden fleece of fables

Douglas S. Williams