Dark Sentiments 2012 – Day 28: Force Continuum
Posted By Randy on October 28, 2012
“Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun,
And baby when it’s love if it’s not rough it isn’t fun …” ~ Lady Gaga, Poker Face
The sudden upswing in popularity of such books as Fifty Shades of Grey is at once unsurprising and inexplicable to me. Unsurprising because the dark side of desire has always had, and always will have its allure, and only leads to a bad end when unstable personalities or Hollywood movie producers become involved. Inexplicable because I can’t see why anyone would find the concept of a relationship of sexual torture at the hands of someone who is admittedly symbolically punishing his mother to be anything appealing, let alone erotic. Anyway, this is not to judge those who may find something of value in that body of work. I’ve always had extensive interests in the genre that don’t require the introduction of mommy issues or any other form of sexual maladjustment to explain them.
In truth, not all in life, nor in art, need be explained – for what is wrong with accepting that a situation just is and telling the story from there? In short, the subject matter has been treated better, and I can send you a reading list if you’d like. Should you ask for that though, be advised that there will a time limit on completion and an examination at the end.
But enough of that. Here is …
Force Continuum
By LFM
A handsome rogue, a bodice ripped,
A woman for the taking.
Love’s helpless captive to endure
The fury of its making.
She struggles to resist him as
He takes her sans remorse,
Takes what she’d give willingly
And seasons it with force.
She knows that in her torment,
He will keep her sore beset
To the limit of enduring,
Then he’ll push her further yet.
She knows her scent, the sounds she makes
Fan flames of darkest drive,
As though, impaled upon his spit
He’s roasting her alive.
Her writhing, gleaming frenzy
Wrings confession from her lips,
She screams her need aloud to him
As climax comes to grips.
This is no rape I speak of here,
For each and every night
The lure of dark seduction gleams
Beneath the bedroom light.
‘Tis not to say all women crave
Such ravishment as this.
And if you think that’s what I’ve said
There’s something that you miss.
A Lover worthy of the name
Is one who’s come to find
The truest path to heart’s desire
Lies through a woman’s mind.
Randy, Thanks for this! It's wonderful, and rings absolutely true. I also appreciate the fact that you understand the idea that some things just have to be accepted for what they are.
I have to tell you that there are in me really dark areas in my mind where desire is concerned. I'm often amazed to find that while others may not talk about it, many have the same sorts of darkness in their souls. I personally believe that this is the leftovers of our evolutionary past, in which the large fierce mammals won over the small meek ones, and those willing to seek out their darker passions somehow left more offspring. But the ultimate truth is in your last line; the mind is the primary sexual organ.
And if I haven't said it before, you're a damned good writer.
Thanks again for giving this to us.
Arthur
Thank you Arthur. Many avert their eyes from the dark parts of their soul for a variety of reasons, and often discourage their children from ever doing so. Read the original versions of most popular fairy tales – the way they were before Disney and the like got hold of them – and you find tales aimed at teaching children some very dire lessons indeed! Diana addressed this on LFM in the first year of the Dark Sentiments series in this article – http://randy.whynacht.ca/archives/2749
As to the mind being the seat of eros, once you figure that out and learn to stroke it the right way … mmmmmm …
Excellent and need I say more?
Grab her by her flowing tresses
And throw her to the floor
Let her writhe and moan forevermore
And take you through the magenta door
Thank you Steve!
Interesting how few have admitted to even reading this, let alone that it spoke to them. I tell you, writing this series every year never fails to identify all the best people to drink with.
I did not read this , I did not read this……..but, if I had read it, I would say good job Randy. Lets rejoice in the depths of the mind, both light and dark.
Thank you Gary … or at least I would have thanked you if you’d read and commented on the piece. I think that’s it … yea, that’s it.