The first kiss
Like breaking the surface of placid water
With a flat stone
–
The ripples swelling
From your body to mine
And back
Climbing the banks of our skin
–
Making lines in the sand
Like the lines of my fingers
Tracing down your cheek
–
The splash an endlessly repeating echo
Like the breath we we try to catch
But can’t
Not when we’re close
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A breathlessness giving away to moans
Our hands and fingers brush
And caress
–
Like the moon
Scattered and reflected on each swell
The light in your eyes
Glimmering and glowing
Just for me
Just for this
–
Our waves only grow
Out from the center of our kiss
Insistent and now
And now again
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Skin prickling
Goosebumps and fire
My skin ablaze for you
A buzz
Like the insects near the water
Filling our ears
Drowning out the world
Until we are the world
And the world is us
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Hands
Mouths
Thighs and lips parted in our lust
Our paring
–
The waves swelling
In growls and whimpers
In words just for each other
In movement like water
–
Until we gasp together
And there is a silence
Pure like the space between
The waves lapping the shoreline
–
Then the wave breaking
Nails in my back
Fingers curled in your hair
Echoing moans
Bouncing around us
And then
Breath
–
A breath like we’ve never taken
Like the first breath
Cool and new
As the ripples calm
And the water stills
To show us our reflection