Barbara Hughes

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Whimsical Desire

Each morning you sleep among purple dream castles in the sky
craving devours me as I envision you on the wet earth
a hungry tongue of hot steam hovers above the cold cement

I struggle to resist the shivering honey-stained lips
calling me until the sweetness is earned
goddess girl lover blesses my burgeoning desire

Am I male or female? Signs are mixed in the face of loss
my path flows and lightens with passage of time
This twisted fate is more gift than curse
wine of my own making

let me kneel here and watch your breath as I rise and spill into the sky

Barbara Hughes is an English major at Rollins College. Her poetry has been published in campus magazines Brushing and The Independent and most recently featured in online publications Alpha Female Society and 3Moon Magazine. She won the American Academy of Poet's prize for National Poetry Month. In her spare time, she drinks potent coffee, finds her inner goddess through writing, and has long conversations with the moon.