Caress Me



Caress me.
Mold my skin to your preference and make of me your desire.
Let your essence be an imprint on my soul, lest death take your name from my lips, and your mark upon my flesh dissolve to dust, that no one should know I once was yours.
Take your stroke; create me, for you are my artist.
My breath is your imagination.
My pulse beats at your command.
Make me beautiful and contemplate your work.
Smile for me, my beloved torturer, and I will know that my destiny has been fulfilled.
Find within yourself a safe place to store me; let me find respite there.
'Til the day you remember that you once ached to own me, I close my eyes and wait.
Caress me.

About this poem

This poem is about a woman in an obsessive and abusive relationship with a man who no longer loves or wants her.

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Written on October 18, 2022

Submitted by anaguiu57 on October 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbcdefghijA
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 660
Words 137
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11

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  • kemaeljo
    I like the enticing nature of the narrator. Oddly enough, I read this poem as if the narrator were the poem itself, or a painting, and the “mark upon my flesh” was a signature on the page or a canvas.

    “Make me beautiful and contemplate your work.” I love this line.
     
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