By Galadrial
Date: 2002 May 17
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Reading Erotica Alone

I read those words,
and felt a pang,
knowing all too well by what was meant.
Where do you take the belly burn
the dreadful soft ache
when you read the words alone?

When there is a touch you wish for,
a regard to turn friction into delicious
a spirit to give soul to flesh,
to make a joining
intead of a rutting,
where do you turn
when you read the words alone?

Lonely is a dance for the heart,
but the flesh craves someone whole,
who can give voice and spark
to more than heat,
who can be stood before
naked to the soul,
with shining eyes,
lips softly parted,
and utterly without fear.

But where is this lover,
this dream
this angel
when you are there,
reading erotica alone?