One Poem by Patricia Leavy

Chasing the Dark

Chasing the muse
in between chasing orgasms
somewhere on the path
I put my search onto him
my Dark Prince
like a parasite
desperate for energy
for an elixir
circling the underbelly
the inexhaustible search
tangled in bed sheets.
Then the days came
the details
the distraction
time.
And so now
in deadened desperation
I write myself
my Prince
and chase the dark

{Poem by Patricia Leavy}