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I tasted you the moment we met Our eyes meeting… the tranquil waters of the ocean Our hands touching… strong and worn like the Earth herself Our lips forming words and smiles… a private dance shared between us And then we parted, nothing left but the sweetness to savor You knew nothing, it was my own private taste, my own private moment I was cute, and shy… always “cute” and “shy” You were proud and beautiful… like a mountain that needs nothing more than to be, to display its glory. What hope had I that that single taste would become a feast But I would taste you again, your essence a vivid memory on my tongue And so we did meet again and again, mingling and parting Eyes, hands, lips… all practicing for some other destined occasion And you, becoming a craving, the desired main course for a starving woman After a time, I had lost hope of quenching my thirst of you As your flavor seemed to get lost on my tongue, Nothing more than a vague memory… an aftertaste I began resigning myself to a life of fast food and leftovers Oh, I had tasted… dined… on others But none could compare to your flavor, water to honeyed mead Or perhaps it was your flavor mingled with my own That created some epicurean delight that my senses could not let go of And just as I had reconciled my life to TV dinners and mac and cheese… there you are Eyes, hands, lips, coming to mingle and dance once more Letting me taste you again, and again Floating on my tongue like sweet ambrosia Our meeting, glances and gazes… Our touching, hands, shoulders, backs, thighs… Our dance, the words and smiles, Go late into the night And you remain, the taste becoming an appetizer… a prelude of the dinner yet to come Then a single promise… dance… kiss And as if we had practiced enough, I taste you again… and drink you whole.
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Aug 11, 2015
Aug 11, 2015 at 5:22 PM UTC
The Taste
I tasted you the moment we met Our eyes meeting… the tranquil waters of the ocean Our hands touching… strong and worn like the Earth herself Our lips forming words and smiles… a private dance shared between us And then we parted, nothing left but the sweetness to savor You knew nothing, it was my own private taste, my own private moment I was cute, and shy… always “cute” and “shy” You were proud and beautiful… like a mountain that needs nothing more than to be, to display its glory. What hope had I that that single taste would become a feast But I would taste you again, your essence a vivid memory on my tongue And so we did meet again and again, mingling and parting Eyes, hands, lips… all practicing for some other destined occasion And you, becoming a craving, the desired main course for a starving woman After a time, I had lost hope of quenching my thirst of you As your flavor seemed to get lost on my tongue, Nothing more than a vague memory… an aftertaste I began resigning myself to a life of fast food and leftovers Oh, I had tasted… dined… on others But none could compare to your flavor, water to honeyed mead Or perhaps it was your flavor mingled with my own That created some epicurean delight that my senses could not let go of And just as I had reconciled my life to TV dinners and mac and cheese… there you are Eyes, hands, lips, coming to mingle and dance once more Letting me taste you again, and again Floating on my tongue like sweet ambrosia Our meeting, glances and gazes… Our touching, hands, shoulders, backs, thighs… Our dance, the words and smiles, Go late into the night And you remain, the taste becoming an appetizer… a prelude of the dinner yet to come Then a single promise… dance… kiss And as if we had practiced enough, I taste you again… and drink you whole.
sherry-lore
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Aug 11, 2015
Aug 11, 2015 at 5:22 PM UTC
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