too old for peer pressure
yet still gullible
bursting at the sight of the all-senses-exposure
those persistent aides-mémoire disguised as lovers
heart goes on to beat to yearn and yearn and yearn…
© hülya n. yılmaz, February 20, 2015
This poem was published in the March 2015 issue of The Year of the Poet, a monthly book series by Inner Child Press, Ltd. as one of my three contributions among the works of poetry by other members of The Poetry Posse; namely, Jamie Bond, Gail Weston Shazor, Albert ‘Infinite’ Carrasco, Siddartha Beth Pierce, Janet P. Caldwell, Tony Henninger, Joe DaVerbal Minddancer, Neetu Wali, Shareef Abdur-Rasheed, Kimberly Burham, Ann White, Jackie Davis Allen, Teresa E. Gallion, Katherine Wyatt, Keith Alan Hamilton, Fahredin Shehu, William S. Peters, Sr. (the publisher of Inner Child Press, ltd.)
