Welcome to the "BOUND'ED BY CHAINS" Blog Tour! @FRStepnowski @4WillsPub #RRBC
Blog Tour Day 7
Title: ���Bounded by Chains��� Tour
About the Book:
BOUND; The Lost Romanticism and Eroticism of Gay Men. Allow yourself to give in to your deepest fantasies, desires, and sensual dreams, BOUND is a collection of poetic works exploring the world of eroticism, romanticism, and fantasies of gay men of all ages. Walkthrough the mind inspired by fantasies, the hopes for romance, the desire to be swept off ones��� feet, and the longing to be touched through this anthology filled with lost romance and passionate memories. Escape into a world that allows you to be one with your desires, feel the heightened sensations and passion through random rendezvous and engagements.
Poetry Excerpt from Bound: The Lost Romanticism and Eroticism of Gay Men:
These chains shall we break
I am shackled in my illusions of romance
Mistakenly identifying eroticism and sex
As true loves kiss
Lust versus love
The decisive embattlement of self-worth
Self-love
Virtue
What is this imaginary game I am playing?
What is my longing truly?
Sexual gratification?
Someone to embrace perhaps
In my dreams
I crave for a million years of feeling full
Full of passion
Full of affection
Am I fooling myself?
Did cherub���s arrow miss me?
Did the arrow���s flight of my exhilaration fly by and hit someone more unworthy than I?
Maybe I will never know
One Valentine���s Day changed my life
It was supposed to be a coffee date
I was left sideways
I was truly a skeptic
I just came out of a relationship that wounded me
Scarred me for life
And you walked into my existence
I am still broken
But you are here
I am winded in the possibility that my soulmate has found me
He has finally found me
After so many years of trials, self-loathing
He has found me
When I thought I was trapped in darkness?
There he is
Standing there
Protective
Unconditionally present
I am spellbound in the present
When my past continues to haunt me
Night terrors and demons tear me down in my sleep
I am chained to the pain, agony, and torture
Tortured beyond repair
I used to believe my heart was uninhabitable
Not able to accept the cosmic sensation that two energies bring together
I am a temple left in derelict circumstances
Hope begins to heal the broken parts that was my life,
I heal from inside
Not due the love of another man or human being
But love and light developing inside of me
The fragmented puzzle is now coming together
Whole
Unimpaired
Becoming healthier every day
and you are still hear
As I take this journey into enlightenment
You are here
The chain���s grasp begins to loosen
My wrists and ankles are beginning to feel freer
But I am still shackled
When I take thirty steps forward
I am pulled fifty steps back
Hypnotized
Puzzled
Fixated
Working the stages of grief from my neverland imagination
Working to a better life
So, I may face life and its mysteries head on without floundering
And one day I can be the husband of his dreams
Not for him
But for me
These shackles are breaking link by link, by link
What is this imaginary game I am playing?
What is my longing truly?
Sexual gratification?
The imaginary tale of boy meets boy can be a reality
I see it clearly now
Like a clear day past the point of forever
He stands before me every day
He lays next to me in bed and comforts me
Love endlessly everlasting
Never have I imagine the day would come
Mesmerized
Enchanted
Miraculous
These chains loosen
These chains shall we break
About the Author:
Forrest Robert Stepnowski is an advocate, a writer, a social worker, and a performance artist in the Pacific Northwest. He has been writing poetic works and prose for most of his life. He realized how important is to share his work with others who have dealt with similar pathways of self-hate, self-deprecation, and self-loathing in the hopes they find they are not alone, as well as help them realize they are not deviants, nor are they against ���human nature.��� They are part of a collective of misfit toys on an island where being different is beautiful. We all have a voice, and the world should hear it. Forrest is a proud member of Rave Reviews Book Club .
Social Media Links:
Website/Blog: https://www.forresttakesajourney.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forrestrobertstepnowski
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frstepnowski
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forreststepnowski
Amazon Purchase Links:
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