CATNIP and no, it's not about cats.....

More by Yello  please play............goes with poem

Let it play till the bass kicks in...........then read

Catnip

You

You are catnip

And I'm a cat

I'm addicted to you

And that is that

You make me crazy

You make me yowl

You make me scream

You make me howl

You make me want you

You make  me crawl

Write on the walls

In frenzied scrawl

You do things to me

That I can't speak

You make me stronger

You make me weak

You fill  my senses

You fill my heart

You make me crave you

When we're apart

You are the sunlight

On cloudy days

You are the sea

And all it's waves

You are the mountains

I want to climb

You are my lover

Till end of time

You call my name

I melt like wax

You tell me theories

I take as facts

You are my circus

You are my clown

The acrobat

That pulls me down

Your kisses fire me

Your touch, commands

Your eyes, they draw me

Into your hands

I stand before you

I stand beside

You open your heart,

I come inside

I am your mad thing

I  am your pet

 I am the sweet taste

You can't forget

I have no reason

Have no excuse

For what I become

When you seduce

This raging river

Within me flows

Floods all my boundaries

And on it goes

Where you might lead me

Where you might live

To take the last drop

Of what I give

You say I'm shameless

And yes, it's true

I'm shameless in my,

My need of you

I'm like two people,

Another girl

One foot in this

And in your world

So prim and proper

They say of me

But they don't know

The girl you see

And so they shall not

It's for your eyes

For you're my treasure,

My earthly prize

I am a lady

And I'm a saint

But in your strong arms

Oh, no, I  ain't!

I may be crazy

I may be lost

But I am yours, love

And damn the cost

For there is no one

No man, you see

That has the power

To vanquish me

But your hard kisses

And your soft touch

Fulfills the hunger

I feel so much

No other lover

No other kiss

Can take me to

The place of bliss

I hear you calling

I sense your steps

I 'm here to give you

What I have left

And in the midnight

And at the dawn

Through storm and sunlight

You turn me on

Just like a tiger

Just like a lion

I pace this jungle

Await your sign

For you are catnip

And I'm a cat

And that is all

I'll say on that.

©by Voo

June 25, 2011

10:52 p.m.

FOR A TIME a collab with Voo and Andy

For A Time

(can someone say Shallow???)

He opens his eyes

And sees that the sun has been awake for hours

He stares around the dimly lit room

And watches the dust particles dancing

Across the sunbeams that leak through the curtains.

The night is slowly coming back to him

He sees a woman kissing him and she's naked

But he can't make out the face, only the lips

And he tightly closes his eyes.

She walks out of the bathroom, smiling

Moving gracefully like the dust, into the hall

Standing in the doorway, she looks at him

Like she's daring him to come taste her lips.

He thinks about morning breath

And what he might eat for breakfast

He wonders whether or not he really likes this woman

But he decides to touch her anyway.

And, for a time, he's in love.

But reality sets in about three o'clock

And he just wants her gone

He wants his football game and his rum and coke

And his bachelorhood back.

He doesn't know how to tell her to go

She's wearing one of his shirts and smiling

The bedroom looks like a cyclone hit it

And it doesn't look like she's about to straighten up.

Didn't you say you had a cat to feed?

He finally comes up with

And she gives him this funny look and stands up

And goes into the bathroom, slamming the door.

When she comes out, she's dressed

Her makeup is great, her hair is brushed and full

Her jeans are tight and she's filling out that sweater like a pinup girl

Damn! She looks good! What was I thinking, he asks himself.

And, for a time, he's in love.

Well, I'll get out of your hair, she says, pouting

It's obvious you've had your fun and you want me gone

No, no, it's not like that, he fumbles and puts out his hand

But she backs away and says, Don't touch me and leaves.

Two days later, it's Sunday afternoon

He's lying there on the couch watching t.v. and he's bored

I wonder...? he says out loud and then answers himself, No

Don't you dare call that girl.

He can't even remember her face

But he sure does remember those jeans

The more he thinks about them, the wilder he gets

Until he can't take it anymore and picks up the phone.

Two hours later, a girl knocks on the door

And he's so excited he can't think straight

He's cleaned the house, lit some candles, put on some music

He even shaved and changed shirts just for her.

Damn, you look good, baby!

He murmurs as she walks in and hugs him

I can't tell you how much I've missed you and thought about you

Me, too, she says and takes off her sweater.

And, for a time, he's in love.

Will you stay the night? he asks almost shyly

I know I was kinda cold the last time you were here

But I've thought about it and I think I really love you, Linda

Do you? the girl asks. That's good. But I'm Linda's friend, Lorraine.

Damn! He slaps his hand against his forehead

Why didn't I know it wasn't the same girl?

What's wrong with me, am I really that shallow?

But he looks her up and down and says, I am so over Linda, you have no idea.

Two days later, he's drumming his fingers on the table

Looking at her eating her cornflakes

And he thinks: I have morning breath but I don't care

The honeymoon is over and I don't even remember the wedding.

Three weeks down the road

He's so lonesome he could cry

He goes into a bar, orders a drink, looks around

Sees a pair of tight jeans and he's in love again.

For a time.

    

    ©collab by Andy and Voo

         November 08

                                                         

                                                                                

  Andy

                                                                

           

                           Voo               

                                                                  

Men..............talkin bout men!!!!!!!!  lol lol

HELL BEHIND THE DOOR

Hell Behind The Door

As I lay dying, I thought

I thought………

Surely not

Surely it’s not going to end

Not like this.

But then, life had long ceased

Being a sunrise………

On my cold heart

More a constant setting

And a continual twilight.

Reaching back into memory,

I pulled you to the forefront…….

Cleared the cobwebs

And dusty dreams

Strewn like spoils of war.

I stood you there

Before my face……….

And silently opened your eyes

Those beautiful things

That still take my breath away.

No, I can’t do it, not now

I can’t bear your seeing……

What I’ve become,

What I remain,

Until the last breath whispers to silence.

Shuttering my eyes

With fragile hands……

I sink into the cobalt blue

Of lonely bed clothes

And pillows where no head but mine has lain.

Where does love go

When it dies……..

And how does it come back

When it is beckoned?

Only God knows.

The lace at the window sways,

And air that stirs the gloom……

Finds no place to rest

And soon departs,

Sighing.

Not even the breeze

Is my friend…………

Not even the nightingale

Sings for me now

For I am condemned.

This prison I have made,

With my own hands……..

Clings to my skin like melted silver,

Shackles my soul,

With invisible chains.

Soon, they will come for me

And I will leave this place…….

Going beyond the shadows

To a vineyard beyond memory,

Where the memories of my mind will be wrung dry.

Or so they tell me,

But I don’t know……..

For the guards are all liars

And murderers and thieves

Like me.

Even though I lived in beauty,

And sat in splendor’s lap…….

I am a liar

But even still I grasp at life

While death runs through my hands.

You were the only thing,

I’ve ever loved……..

You were the only love

I did not steal

But the only love I could not keep alive.

Tossing and turning now,

I burn in my need for hope………

But hope does not come,

Is elusive, even in my dreams,

And turns it’s face and runs.

I feel my life slipping away,

Through my veins and out…….

Into the silkened sheets

And darkness

Waving goodbye to me by lantern light.

Renewed in death,

I find myself again in youth……

A perfect flower, blooming, fair

Strong on my feet, I twirl in mystery

Around and around, in the cold still air.

I see the lock turn,

Hear the chains fall away………

And the door slowly opens

I take a breath that burns my lungs

And approach my long sought freedom.

Perhaps I’ll find you there,

Somewhere in another life waiting……..

Forgiveness shining in your eyes

And tenderness in your touch

Oh, love, to know the taste of love once more!!

To start anew,

To make you want me…….

Like I did so long ago

A queen with royal scepter raised

As men bowed at my feet.

I feel the rush of pride and power,

Overtaking, pulling me……..

No prisoner now,

I feel the guilt

Falling from my shoulders.

All the years of living with myself,

Knowing what I was.……..

I am...... and more

From life to death, I pass 

But to my horror:

Find nothing there but Hell behind the door.

©by Voo

March 19, 2012

11:11 p.m.