This Is How A Man Stays Alive Poem by Arun Maji

Don't look for me o love
Don't look for me.
I am gone
Far and away
To some unknown land.
This is because
You have stopped loving me.

What could I do?
Tell me, what can a man do
When his woman
Does not kiss him soft and often?
When his woman does not rub her bosom
To keep him warm and happy?

You know, how much I crave you.
Don't you?
You know well
Why I carry a piece of your sweet flesh
In between my teeth.
You know well
Why I rub myself
Against your bosom too much and often.

This is because
Without your tender flesh
I am empty.
Empty in heart and soul.
As if I don't exist without your existence.
As if I cannot feel myself anymore.

But if you are with me
And my chin rests on your valley
Digging diamonds in your infinite mine
I am full, I am content.

This is how it works
This is how a man stays alive.

© Arun Maji