Double Entendre (poem)

By Luke Labern

As beautiful as you may be
The winds of time will blow:
We are as constant as the sea
And this, I think, you know.

Though your hair is soft and stunning
How long will the feel last?
This is a race and we are running:
Drifting without a mast.

Here comes a wave, its name is lust --
Should we try to resist?
Surf the feeling: it is a must;
I think I will persist.

Let's share it now, whilst we still live:
Shut the door and lock it.
You may take, and I will give --
I'm found in your pocket.

Though my body's strong like my mind,
You seem to control me
And I cannot resistance find!
There is no time to flee.

And if you tempt me with your lips
I succumb this time, but
Realise we face an eclipse:
Our lives will soon be cut...

This life of ours will soon climax:
These, my dear, are the painful facts.