Thinking of all the things
I had not experienced,
Feeling the ache of my own womanhood,
A bud expanding,
Unwrapping itself within me.
My body’s first gift revealed.
My skin moist in expectation
From an inner heat,
A ghost whispered across
The surface of my skin.
There was a tremor.
I had no words to describe
Longing,
I did not yet understand
Need.
The sun drifted through sky lights,
I thought that a sign,
Laying stunning bright rays
Across the golden glow of you,
While dancing in those deep,
Sea green eyes.
Those eyes were suddenly staring
Completely through me.
God should never have created such eyes,
Such temptation.
They are like the fleshy part
At the ends of your fingers,
Gliding along the skin
Stretched smoothly across
My collar bone.
How do you define sin?
This is simply an act of nature.
You rose tall and strong
To slowly stride past me,
Poise without practice,
Confidence.
Did I imagine the familiarity
Of your scent,
The purpose of your every movement or
The clarity of your body’s function?
You smiled as if you knew
The me I had yet to recognize.
For the first time I was conscious
Of every breath,
The shift of my heart’s beat,
The shock of my own teeth
As I bit at the fullness
Of my lower lip.
I stood,
No longer belonging to myself,
To follow you
Out of a side door marked
Exit Only,
Far from fearless
But certain.
You turned,
Fluid like liquid heat,
Mouthing the word
Hello,
To which I exhaled
And my soul responded…
Yes.
