to rise with every fall…

I have given myself to you. Wrapped in the softest skin. Every lick, sniff, suck, suckle, kiss, nibble, bite, caress, grip, pound, spread and stretch opens a portal to my tenderest of gifts, my most passionate giving, my sweetest trust. An offer. An invitation. A promise. I swell to your smell, your moans, your need. I meet myself in the depths of your gaze, in the pause of your voice. Even now. Even still.

my life was the size of my life…

my life was the size of my life
Once, I grew moody and distant.
I told my life I would like some time,
I would like to try seeing others.
In a week, my empty suitcase and I returned.
I was hungry, then, and my life,
my life, too, was hungry, we could not keep
our hands off                our clothes on
our tongues from
          — Jane Hirshfield —