The Beard
I cried when he shaved it off.
The soft tickle of that beard
Caressing my cheek and neck
Could cause such an ardor to
Arise within my soul that
I dreamed of nothing else.
Sex is nothing compared to that beard.
Nothing compared to falling asleep on
His hirsute chest, lulled into slumber by
The soft lullaby murmur of his heart.
Slowly the dramatic beating of my heart
Matches the steady rhythm of his.
And this is oneness.
Two people, bodies entwined,
Hypnotized by the cadence of each other’s hearts.
Each raising the other to passion;
Each calming the other in warmth.
And when one stops, so does the other.
About this poem
What many people do not understand about being a gay man is how truly physical the attraction to masculinity is. It comes down to little things like loving the tautness of muscles and veins or the simple scratch of a beard.
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Submitted by jeremyt.40101 on June 30, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 618 |
Words | 125 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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