As I turn my head to my right

I feel your breath caress my shoulder

What I see causes me to wonder

What does the night before us hold?

I sense you watching from the corner of your eye

As my lips brush across your silken shoulder

And I hear the hint of a half-formed sigh

Emboldened I draw closer to you.

What are your thoughts?

What is in your mind?

How much dare I tell you?

How can I start to explain

The feelings your touch stirs in my heart?

A moments pause as I inhale the scent of your skin

Exciting me through and through.

The curve of your lips makes my heart fail

A kiss and I find I must calm what is within me.

A kiss so gentle that it excites me more

Sending thoughts and fantasies through my mind

Down a path that I never before have been invited.

A journey with someone touching my feeling.

There is something more than need in your sighs.

As you gently pull away from my side

You look into my eyes, searching for my soul

To see where in my heart you will abide.

In your own eyes I see softness and calm

Looking deeper I see eternity.

You unbind my last hesitant moment

And release me to simply be free.

I watch the candlelight dance across your body

The night air quivering through your hair.

I see a little hint of modesty

As you become aware of how far we have gone

And how much more we have to share.

Your eyes, your hands, your hushed voice

The wonder hidden in your palpable touch

The softness ofyour laugh tells me I have no choice

To know that noone else loves me as you do.

Dreaming, surrendering, seeking only pleasures

Treasuring eachmoment and sensation.

As the rhythmwe set grows faster

My breath, myheartbeat will surely perish

The widening ofyour eyes, that little gasp

Is it delightor desire?

Whatever it is,what follows is the purest gold

As inhibitionsare tossed aside

Every touchmatched with fire

Exploring andbeing explored

With lips andbold hands.

I dare to dowhat I would not before

Because I must,I have to know

If where youare leading me I can take you.

Passionunleashed at last impossible to slow or stop

As eachsensation leads to something new

Until there isno me, or you but only us

As hearts and self become for an infinity bare.

Flowing from one to the other, back and forth

Is the realisation that forever it is one soul we share.

©2000 Johnny Gregory