By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 21 April 1998

Felt

     tangible passion
       seen & felt
       when we meet
        the heat
      rises up around us
     like noon on the veldt
  I feel the blood rushing
      through me
   making me hot
   I feel like your prey
 helpless & caught
   your lips tongue teeth
        devour
  I am in your power
   too weak to scream
  as if in a dream
  so I will lay myself at your feet
 supple and receptive
 not caring if your love
   is cruel & deceptive
  love or no love
  the heat is real
  and we are here only
  to find
  and to feel