Tag: desire
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RED SKY
I had a red sky behind me. The sun dipping away, ending another day. A good day, a better day. Bridges had been built, past mistakes put aside. I got back to my apartment and sat in the darkness. Tomorrow he would return and we would try again. He had forgiven me, again. I had […]
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UNREQUITED
She’s not in my orbit. She’s untouchable. Would she be interested in a guy like me? Doubtful. I’m not one of the cool kids. She doesn’t know I exist. She doesn’t see me. All I can do is watch from a distance. Every night. Until she draws her bedroom curtains. Written for the Weekend Writing […]
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INSATIABLE
He couldn’t control it. He needed it. He wanted it. His desire was insatiable. He could not live without it. It was what he needed more than sex. More than money. More than power. He had to have it. In the middle of the night. At dawn. At dinner. At work. On the golf course. […]
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AN OPEN RELATIONSHIP
‘We should establish boundaries, thresholds. And have a safe word.’ ‘Sure, what like?’ ‘Love?’ ‘Okay, ‘love’ it is. Should we use our real names or different ones?’ ‘Different ones, you choose mine.’ ‘Lucy?’ ‘Okay, and for you, Lorenzo.’ ‘Lorenzo? Really?’ ‘I thought you wanted me to be in charge?’ ‘Lorenzo it is. Anything else?’ ‘You […]
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THEIR TRANQUIL PLACE
Their own quiet spot: the water brown from the muddy bed; the beach a mixture of sand and silt; the tree that grew out horizontally from the water’s edge before curving up towards the heavens. It was here they had first stolen away together, away from the group of friends hanging around the park in […]
Iain Kelly 