Enticement 🌹
Randy Baker's prompt. Poetry of the 7 words.
Long I stood at the gates of beguilement and temptation
hearing him whisper his silent seduction in my ear
Feeling the unholy beckoning from the depths of the labyrinth
his serenade becoming an obsession I could not resist
Idée fixe, manic and alluring was the enticement of sinful deeds
still, there I stood, unable, unwilling to take my leave
Pondering my fate should I be foolish enough to surrender
for to enter this gateway to base uninhibited inhibitions
Was to lose myself in the sweet ethereal bliss of wanton love
the God Pan had transformed himself magnificently
From faun to the likeness of the virility of a man thing
Sinful, evil thoughts now cascade like velvety sweet nothings
rendering me an enigma to the intrinsic qualities
of my natural me
Alas, I am lost as I enter the vile gates of hades
I am Ofelia in that mythical world, interacting with the faun
I am Alice in Wonderland, meeting the Mad Hatter...only...
for me there is no escape
I have become
Lost in the dark of me
Wrapped in a delicious fall from grace!!
Whisper
Serenade
Cascade
Velvet
Ethereal
Enigma
Labyrinth
......................................................................................
Randy Baker's enigmatic prompt
About the Creator
Novel Allen
You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.
Keep reading
More stories from Novel Allen and writers in Poets and other communities.
'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
Comments (10)
Idée fixe - so fancy!
Whoaaa, this was so hauntingly beautiful! I'm so mesmerized!
There is nothing enigmatic about this ethereal labyrinth of which you whisper, serenades cascading over the velvet of our common plight. Yeah, I don't know what I mean either, lol.
Great imagery and dark love dark stuff
Ooo I loved the imagery and references here.
Deliciousness!!
"wrapped in a delicious fall from grace." Love it!
🖤😃 You do well with prompts! I think I read about this one. Hope u are travelling well. Peace.
Dark, yet beautifully executed. I loved the opening line. It definitely set the tone.
💙