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subservient

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By Kelli Sheckler-AmsdenPublished about 9 hours ago 1 min read
subservient
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you enjoy peeling the scales

flesh ripped away from my eyes

till I am blindly transparent

and over dramatized

fearfully irrelevant

outdated and sized

molding impertinence

with your casual lies

I fall for indecisive wants

again, relentlessly

irreverent and blunt

a fiduciary agency

being held back

and held down, willingly

whatever I lack

will be given to me

given permission to cum

and then, demanded to leave

for a minimal sum

and pleasurable release

expelled and succumbed

for an acceptable fee

repeated till numb

without desire to flee

lulled into submission

until the damage is done

awaiting intermission

and the definition of fun

without asking forgiveness

or implied permission

until all power is gone

and we fall in submission

you spin and spiral the words

challenging competition

but the only thing that is heard

are the ones deemed explicit

an icarus to your flame

burning desire consumes me

vulnerability shamed

and the lessons are free

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About the Creator

Kelli Sheckler-Amsden

Telling stories my heart needs to tell <3 life is a journey, not a competition

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  • Mariann Carrollabout 8 hours ago

    Wow , Awesome poem, Kelli. Slam Dunk, Drop the mic kind of poem.

  • Why Kelli Boo Sheckler-Amsden! You drove this home woman ♀️ Crushed it!

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