The Mirror Divides Our Skin

Candlelight flickers; the mirror divides our skin  

Once strangers, made naked by trust’s burning flame  

I quiver beside her beauty: a real model, lost—where do I begin?  

Nothing hides in this silver; it sighs my quaking name  

Once strangers, made naked by trust’s burning flame  

Behind me now, her fingers slowly trace the folds of aching skin  

Nothing hides in this silver; it sighs my quaking name  

Her breasts sway a waltz against my back; cupped hands, I’m pinned  

Behind me now, her fingers slowly trace the folds of aching skin  

Now my turn: I trace her perfect body; her breath—our stream of love—flows  

Her breasts sway a waltz against my back; cupped hands, I’m pinned  

The mirror crowns her bare flesh as holy—the only natural law I know  

Now my turn: I trace her perfect body; her breath—our stream of love—flows  

She becomes an autumn, unwrapping me gently—silk and leaves falling  

The mirror crowns her bare flesh as holy—the only natural law I know  

Cool air kisses my scared breasts; my body: “Touch me now,” pleading  

She becomes an autumn, unwrapping me gently—silk and leaves falling  

Autumns have flowed; my body, now a forest wilderness, to be explored  

Cool air kisses my scared breasts; my body: “Touch me now,” pleading  

Your undressing gaze; my body welcomes your discovery, not ignored  

Autumns have flowed; my body, now a forest wilderness, to be explored  

My dream: we stand together—bare; dew falls down thighs, sunlight seeks wild hair  

Your undressing gaze; my body welcomes your discovery, not ignored  

Mirror freezes our smiles, content—heavenly bodies; never afraid, we stare  

Candlelight flickers; the mirror divides our skin … fear? No more