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aliljaded 53F
23951 posts
7/13/2023 3:12 pm
Best Friends With Benefits

I write to you like a lover
but we have never been in love.

It's three am and I'm sending snapshots
of my heart because you are the only one
who isn’t afraid to look at them.

Sometimes we kiss for no reason.
sometimes I go crawling into your bed
because I need a space to belong to
and your hands are steadier
than mine have ever been.

Sometimes you get lost
and you wind up on my doorstep,
but it’s okay–
You’re always welcome here.

I tell you all the secrets I’ve been
keeping from myself while you
peel apart at the edges and admit
to all the soft things you pretend
you don’t know how to feel.

We understand each other, here.
my sheets know all our demons.

We don’t touch like that in the daytime,
but at night you are all hands
and I am all teeth
and we are a double-hinged door
slammed open by the wind.

We work that way.
it’s easy as breathing:
two kindred souls wrapped up together,
settled in for the night,
sharing the same skin for a little while.

**Archive


"Men need to hunt. She obviously understands this. She’s offering herself as prey. Not easy prey. But willing.”


rydermantel 69M
25907 posts
7/19/2023 4:52 pm

A lifetime could be spent trying to experience this.


CherylCherie2 53F

7/16/2023 2:09 am

Something I've been looking for for a long time.


boh99 68M
3172 posts
7/16/2023 12:47 am

something nice about writing a poem and having people appreciate it. I hope you got that warm feeling too.


aliljaded 53F
8966 posts
7/15/2023 1:21 am

    Quoting manni_pr:
    Feels like a warm, sweet memory
It truly is, Manni.

"Men need to hunt. She obviously understands this. She’s offering herself as prey. Not easy prey. But willing.”


aliljaded 53F
8966 posts
7/15/2023 1:20 am

Thank you, I thought so too.

"Men need to hunt. She obviously understands this. She’s offering herself as prey. Not easy prey. But willing.”


aliljaded 53F
8966 posts
7/15/2023 1:18 am

    Quoting boh99:
    very nice !
Thank you

"Men need to hunt. She obviously understands this. She’s offering herself as prey. Not easy prey. But willing.”


aliljaded 53F
8966 posts
7/15/2023 1:16 am

Thank you.

"Men need to hunt. She obviously understands this. She’s offering herself as prey. Not easy prey. But willing.”


savorherflavor 54M
2 posts
7/15/2023 1:12 am

Very well written, I wish it could be that way for everyone.


aliljaded 53F
8966 posts
7/15/2023 1:12 am

    Quoting uncommon1:
    To love without condition,
    talk with intention, to give
    without reason and to care
    without expectation, that is
    the heart of a true friend.


    Zen



"Men need to hunt. She obviously understands this. She’s offering herself as prey. Not easy prey. But willing.”


aliljaded 53F
8966 posts
7/15/2023 1:09 am

It's one of my favorites too.

"Men need to hunt. She obviously understands this. She’s offering herself as prey. Not easy prey. But willing.”


subdude2Bsubdued 76M
294 posts
7/14/2023 6:08 pm

Very nicely written, alj. The expressed sentiments, with their own benefits, I'm sure, impressively touched the minds of your consistently appreciative readership. Count my mind in there, also.


manni_pr 52T
2610 posts
7/14/2023 4:19 am

Feels like a warm, sweet memory


flasherwatcher68 56M

7/14/2023 2:43 am

Beautifully written


boh99 68M
3172 posts
7/13/2023 8:08 pm

very nice !


DaskaMan 60M
34 posts
7/13/2023 5:01 pm

Very well done.
Best Friends With Benefits


likeithot19 62M
6112 posts
7/13/2023 4:44 pm

They truly are the best...times
The ability to release
fill each others needs
with true passion
EVERY MEETING
that is BLISS


uncommon1 66M  
1473 posts
7/13/2023 4:04 pm

To love without condition,
talk with intention, to give
without reason and to care
without expectation, that is
the heart of a true friend.


Zen


Artschoolgrad 47M
8867 posts
7/13/2023 3:59 pm

that's nice!


drmgirl622 68F  
26179 posts
7/13/2023 3:24 pm

I love this!


aliljaded 53F
8966 posts
7/13/2023 3:14 pm



"Men need to hunt. She obviously understands this. She’s offering herself as prey. Not easy prey. But willing.”



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