| Shadows of The Flesh by John F Taylor Tied out I will take you A lamb brought to the slaughter Candles guttering flame Scent of sweat within the air The wolf hungers for that which Has been denied Feel my breath hot upon your Skin Moist tongue sliding Over your calf shivers run rampantly Up your spine Call out to your God For tonight your sweet innocence Will be lost To the teeth at your pulsating throat Howls and screams will be lost In the shadows of your flesh As you writhe praying for escape But hunger is the only thing Keeping you in this Mad charade of passion That is played out through The dark sides of the souls that Inhabit humanity |
About John Frank Taylor:
John Frank Taylor’s self-proclaimed assault on the literary world can be traced back
to his birth October 14, 1971. Taylor ’s upbringing was greatly influenced by his
“poor, middle-class, white trash upbringing.” He’s lived most of his life in the culturally
impaired climate of Santee . Taylor ’s artistic blossoming came to fruition in Room
503 of Santana High School in ‘87-‘88. “I began writing my senior year, where I was
able to make contact with my friend-teacher-mentor, Michael McLarty . He helped me
to see that there was a poet, and more importantly, a human that had something to
say inside of me. All it takes to be a poet is to have something to say,” Taylor says.
Since that time he’s focused most of his artistic energies into his poetry. In
the past few years, he has written nearly One thousand poems and several short
stories as well as Plays and screenplays. He’s also been published numerous times
on the World Wide Web at such sites as Junkyard Press, Quantum Muse, Free-verse,
as well as others. Taylor has Self-Published three books to date and is currently
working on a novel. He describes his poems as “emotional tangents with a bit of social
commentary thrown in for good measure. They’re me, all the good and bad rolled up
into one; usually more of the bad,” Taylor laughs
Visit his website online at: www.johnftaylor.wordpress.com
John Frank Taylor’s self-proclaimed assault on the literary world can be traced back
to his birth October 14, 1971. Taylor ’s upbringing was greatly influenced by his
“poor, middle-class, white trash upbringing.” He’s lived most of his life in the culturally
impaired climate of Santee . Taylor ’s artistic blossoming came to fruition in Room
503 of Santana High School in ‘87-‘88. “I began writing my senior year, where I was
able to make contact with my friend-teacher-mentor, Michael McLarty . He helped me
to see that there was a poet, and more importantly, a human that had something to
say inside of me. All it takes to be a poet is to have something to say,” Taylor says.
Since that time he’s focused most of his artistic energies into his poetry. In
the past few years, he has written nearly One thousand poems and several short
stories as well as Plays and screenplays. He’s also been published numerous times
on the World Wide Web at such sites as Junkyard Press, Quantum Muse, Free-verse,
as well as others. Taylor has Self-Published three books to date and is currently
working on a novel. He describes his poems as “emotional tangents with a bit of social
commentary thrown in for good measure. They’re me, all the good and bad rolled up
into one; usually more of the bad,” Taylor laughs
Visit his website online at: www.johnftaylor.wordpress.com
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