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There is a place inside of all women
A place that is woman

Red and pink and purple
The colors of bruised skin and babies

A place that a man is told he may never go, but must swear to protect

Where the softness of the world is born
And the hard edges are blunted

Where ugly is spun beautiful
And sadness waxed sweet

A place that trembles, always

Be her mask: goddess or witch, slave or princess
It trembles
 
On her hands and knees or sitting upon a throne
It trembles

It trembles that I may someday know its name

It runs from me, naked
With arms and hands
Covering breasts and cunt

Hiding from my hungry cock
As I stab it madly wherever flesh and woman yield

Hoping to pierce and puncture and tear the delicate membrane
That covers it like saliva on a tongue

Hoping answers and pleasure will spill out
Like fish from a net cut with a blade
Gasping and writhing and dying

I am conqueror hero
I am guardian destroyer



*Because there has been quite a bit of debate regarding this poem, I thought I would add this footnote. This poem is 100% metaphorical. It is not about sex and it is most certainly not about rape. It is about the parts deep inside of us that make us "man" or "woman". The aspects of our nature that a man must learn to control and a woman must learn to protect. That having been said: Thank you for taking the time to view my work. -Stranger*








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On Thursday July 24th, 2008, Marionette Mars (505) writes:
god. this is beautiful. -mars


On Wednesday July 9th, 2008, Ainsof (1838) writes:
hmmmm well, I say this defines woman in terms of her ability to reproduce, her sex organs, and her attractiveness to the opposite sex. Regardless of the rather brutal and violent images used to implicate the hymen, and loss of virginity, fearful exposure... there is still a sense of inner beauty developed as woman, and it does seem to capture the sociological gendered identity, as well as the stereotypes associated with it. In other words, the inner woman seems attacked by men along stereotypical lines with a societal realness that most would probably recognize. Interesting work, very conflicted and harsh, employing nasty images to very cerebral concepts, but somehow tender and celebratory.


On Thursday September 1st, 2005, An Expired Member (3) writes:
wow. this gave me chill bumps. amazing work you are very talented. STANDING OVATION!!!


On Friday February 25th, 2005, Sticky Kitty (321) writes:
Lovely and beautifully done insightful more should think as you do -kitty


On Saturday December 25th, 2004, AniDayz (1281) writes:
ooops...existence. also i might add...this is well done. reminds me of how thankful i am to be a woman, and to be loved by one as well


On Saturday December 25th, 2004, AniDayz (1281) writes:
and had there been no intelligence to this piece, id have been a bit insulted, mortified [maybe?]but you add intricate metaphors and paint the portrayl of human esitence...grasp the differences between a man and a woman


On Saturday December 25th, 2004, AniDayz (1281) writes:
w/out your footnote, i think i would have gathered the same from this poem as i did w/ it. it is intelligently done with a force of energy


On Saturday November 27th, 2004, JustBnMe (60) writes:
brilliant. incredibly brilliant. to take harsh words and twist them to mean something different. I love the message as well.


On Monday November 22nd, 2004, Sin (1636) writes:
this was amazing, insightful,and profound. i am left in awe ~kristy


On Thursday September 2nd, 2004, An Expired Member (15) writes:
I am impressed. your best work! great job.


On Thursday August 26th, 2004, capt_funguy (998) writes:
completely impressed - this transcends poetry , it is shown truth ... funguy


On Tuesday March 2nd, 2004, Mistress Morbid (594) writes:
And sadness waxed sweet..My favorite line! You are brilliant.


On Tuesday December 16th, 2003, Wish Upon A Star (385) writes:
Very impressive stuff, it stands out beautifully. Also a very original idea. ~Wish Upon A Star


On Monday December 15th, 2003, unusual_blood (94) writes:
i especially like the message it gives out, awseome job. really.


On Monday December 15th, 2003, unusual_blood (94) writes:
"And sadness waxed sweet" amazing line. I love how this poem screams out man and woman. I love the irony that it's a metaphor sounding like sex, but instead it is about what we are deep down inside, and


On Wednesday December 10th, 2003, Twilight (2102) writes:
this took me by surprise as well. very well done and very intelligent. nicely done.


On Monday October 20th, 2003, Johny_D_Lewis (607) writes:
well...mmmm...only word comes to mind...wow


On Thursday October 16th, 2003, Silver Spectre (90) writes:
at the start I thought , this is going to be a peice on the treasures of woman and it was but also on the piracy of it all.... took me by surprise a bit,,well done~Silver


On Monday October 6th, 2003, urbanhumility (1351) writes:
well done my friend, an introspection of masculine, and feminan.......one being no better than the other, merely ways to describe and emotion in a most intricate way........well done my friend.....urban


On Wednesday September 17th, 2003, An Expired Member (20) writes:
this poem seems very cynical. I like that. you've won this round.


On Friday August 15th, 2003, whort_diddy (204) writes:
I liked this poem~whort_diddy


On Friday August 15th, 2003, Deliverence (799) writes:
Damn women...-Kefka


On Tuesday August 12th, 2003, AshtrayDirt (41) writes:
i really fucking like this poem. vivid. beautiful metaphors.


On Tuesday July 1st, 2003, Bast (896) writes:
oh yes... the purity of what makes us US... beyond what we wear, or how we act, there are deeper, primal feelings, thoughts, desires, needs... i felt the wildness and the intensity was incredible. well done.


On Saturday June 14th, 2003, GothicBlack (268) writes:
well stranger bravo! This is a masterpiece, and should go down in DP history. It's such a strong poem and the metaphor in which you used works so well... it grabbed my attention the minute I started reading. ~gothic~


On Wednesday June 11th, 2003, Jonas (867) writes:
i really like this piece... i'm of the school of thought that these pieces of being reside in every person, man or woman... i believe that men and women are really not that different at all... actually the same.


On Wednesday July 9th, 2008, Bast (896) writes:
Yes, yes, I agree with this. Having been deep within that trembling place, and having caused others to tremble in my wake, I appreciate this on a whole new level.


On Wednesday July 9th, 2008, Jonas (867) writes:
i too read this a little more deeply, i think, five years later... aj, you are a poet's poet. thank you for keeping a bit of yourself here.


On Thursday May 8th, 2003, Twilight (2102) writes:
good work with the whole mystery which is revealed surprisingly as you go deeper into this piece. i love it all. down to the last line.


On Wednesday April 30th, 2003, IceDragoness (251) writes:
Honestly I think men soften more of the edges of the world then women do, but I guess it's all relative


On Tuesday April 29th, 2003, IceDragoness (251) writes:
You make down there sound like such a great place... As much as I cherish my femineity, some days I would rather be genderless... ~Dawn


On Tuesday April 29th, 2003, Stranger (281) writes:
Thank you for the comment. However, this one of those poems everyone seems to interrupt very differently. This poems is entirely metaphorical. It is not actually about "down there". I referring to deeper place inside.


On Wednesday April 23rd, 2003, liquid_emotion (417) writes:
I didn't really get the vulnerable giving herself to a man... I got a take at any cost feeling.


On Wednesday April 16th, 2003, Jonas (867) writes:
swiftly turning contrasts and the pull, punch realities of humanity in gender


On Monday April 14th, 2003, SageoPhoneus (147) writes:
Oh wow, the total turn around caught me by surprise. the last couplet is the best, total oxymoron. I love it.


On Saturday April 12th, 2003, Sinnocence (53) writes:
oh my god! it started out and i thought "how sweet" but my jaw literally dropped when it did a complete 180! excellent... creepy, but excellent


On Saturday April 12th, 2003, CorruptedLittleGirl (343) writes:
I couldn't have said it any better myself, sinnocence.



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