A Christmas Dream

A striptease

with words

each verse

a slow

deliberate strip

Peeling back layers

with a sly

knowing grin

Metaphors slide

like fingertips on skin

Each line a gentle tug

a tightening grip

in the dance of phrases

Meanings flirt and dip

leaving desires bare

traced on eager lips

Primal seduction

paused for a moment

taking in the other’s scent

a hint sublimely overpowers

her curves within his ardour

the taste of the devil

throes of passion at bloom

In the dawning of desire

a feral essence echoed

through the silence of

the distant horizon

his lover falls to her knees

From her frustration

to sinful elation

a quivering

contemplation

a dripping

justification

her craving to taste the devil

and find her

salvation