Nikhil Lakhani

Mein Weltanschauung

  • Man in the mirror: Part II (Kiss)
    Part 2 of 3 in a series of poems about the man in the mirror, this one embracing his dark side.
  • Man in the mirror: part I (Intro)
    Part 1 of 3 in a series of poems about the man in the mirror, this one introducing the man and his inhibitions
  • Transmutation
    A poem describing the process of transmutation: using the base desire of sensual instinct to serve a higher realm of consciousness

I sit on the edge of bed

Facing a mirror upheld

A carousel of turning damsels

Twist and turn their tiny torsos.

In my mind’s unseeing eye

I reach into that turning sphere

A small hand slides into mine

With a gentle tug I draw her near.

The top of her perfumed head

Rouses pheromones in troves

Tilting her chin upwards thence

I lean in for a kiss, by Jove!

Her soft lips like water

Cool as a window’s pane

Work to wrap my larger mouth

In a flavourful burst of shame.

Then a warm tongue juxtaposed

Intertwines with my own

Teasing, tantalising it prods

My mind quickly turns to foam.

Just as the man’s muscle

Begins herewith to stir

The kiss turns acrid and sour

Cutting sharp like a coniferous fir.

Now my seeing eyes they open

And stare without remorse

Lips conjoined at mirror’s edge

Two tongues, now one, both coarse.

Gone is the carousel of dancing girls

Gone is the sweet smell of lust

And the embrace is on me entirely

A self that only I can trust.

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