my body
covered like ivory
richest of all man's desires
a disarray of
such wet dreams
my skin
delicately with
each fold and crease
a mark of unfathomable
beauty
my lips
love back
harder than any love
you give
like a silent
symphony,
whispering
my voice
speaks in the tongue of love
its native language
and only one its
ever known
my face
a ornate mask
i can be any
fantasy,
just for you, baby
my eyes
embezzled jewels
construed upon
a woeful heart
hands
hard as nails
cared for like
a trough of crystals
forever yours
so effortlessly,
unknowingly,
*i have lost my true humanity.
i wrote this poem after a movie entitled the skin i live in