Lessons

[written by a dear friend of mine]

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Lessons learned nights ago
Mistakes made and corrected
Knowledge comes at a price
No detail neglected

Embrace the understanding
That the wings must be clipped
Whilst the body and the mind
Learn to submit

Groomed and shaped like the bonsai
Forced into unnatural cast
Bent and trained and broken
To please and satisfy the master

Intrusion, tolerance, resignation
Acceptance, response, pleasure
To become wholly pleasing
To become every man’s treasure

Integrate every nuance
Merge with each reaction
Hear, feel, taste, see, know
Embody satisfaction

Anticipate his desires
Soothe his frustration
Stroke his fragile ego
Feed his imagination

The finest of the students
Allow you to believe
That the pleasure you are given
Is equally received

It is for this you were created
So the whispers taunt
While memories of humanness
Flicker and tease and haunt

Every detail attended
Knowledge bestowed at a cost
The servant beautifully created
But true beauty itself is lost