I Dream

Eroticism is one of the basic means of self knowledge As indispensable as poetry

And when I dream

I dream of you dancing

And when I wake

With my body and soul on fire

I admire and adore

your beauty but only

because it contains

intelligence and empathy

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And so I allow

my hands to move

with deliberate grace

each touch a promise

every gesture

a silent confession

of my desire

to cherish you

to meet your need

to take your body

unto my own

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Naked in the

silent sanctuary

of my arms

you began to drift

Safe and tranquil

and able now to flourish

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For those walls

around my heart

that I had fortified

sturdy and high

fell like autumn leaves

when you caught my eye