They offer you back rubs and sex
And holidays abroad
Persistent, they keep trying
Making their desires known
But you respectfully decline
Politely say no
Tell them you have someone
To call your own
My fears abate
Concerns disappear
When you show me your words to them
Honest and clear
I’d never demand it of you
But your attention I need
I am yours and you are mine
For as long as I’m here…
Flying
Like a bird,
A plane
My heart when you look at me
Falling
Like a snowflake
A skydiver
Me for you
Crafting
Like a baker
An artisan
My desires and needs
Eradicating
Like an exterminator
A pencil eraser
My low self-worth
Building
Like a mechanic
A brick-layer
My new foundations
Growing
Like a child
The shoot of a plant
My love for you
The sea: gushing waves
Drowning me in their darkness
Your lips draw me in
Appears on the trees
Cherry blossom in the spring
Like kisses from you
Your first orgasm
Exploding like a burst pipe
Exquisite pain: gush!
Kissing you makes me
Warm and wet and oh so fine
I love your sweet lips
The leaves of my mind
Blow away when you touch me
Floating in the breeze
Since we’ve been together
My friends say I sparkle
My face lights up when I say your name
Happiness oozing from my every pore
Since we’ve been together
My body feels like my own again
Desirable, sexy, exciting and free
Feeling younger than I have in years
Since we’ve been together
My mind is alive
Creativity unleashed and unstoppable
Poetry streaming from my consciousness
Since we’ve been together
My positive outlook is back
I’m looking forward to things again
Excited for what is still to come
Since we’ve been together
My soul sings for you
Filled with joy and laughter
Wishing this would never end
You pervade my thoughts like a vine
Tendrils creeping and invading every area of my mind
Like an imposter or a spy you have infiltrated my life
Connecting like a zip that cannot be undone
I try to concentrate on my work, my child, my home, my friends
But these thoughts of you never end
I had forgotten how it feels to be so all-consumed
To think I knew you before. Before this, before us
Christmases spent together, lives linked but never like this
Knowing you for so long and never considering the possibilities
We tend not to drink when we’re together, preferring to be present and experience these feelings, fucking intense and new
Exploring each other’s bodies and minds
Getting to know every inch of ourselves together, finding our way
Incredible how in such a short time we have covered so much ground
At once both familiar and new, on this transformative journey together as one
My desire is like:
A dog with a bone
The cat who got the cream
A honey bee delighting in the sweetest nectar from its favourite bloom
I want you
In the morning
In the afternoon
I crave you like a hot cup of tea – You feed me, quench my thirst
I hear your voice
In my ears
In my mind
Echoing through my head, Surrounding me with your dulcet tones
I feel you
Inside of me
Deep within me
Rushing through my veins, Creeping into the beating of my heart
I am not a story to tell,
A notch on your bedpost,
An experiment for the fun
You are not a way to fill time,
A welcome but menial distraction,
An outlet for my tensions
This is real
A special bond
A lifelong connection
A rare pairing
You and I
One
last
time
You kiss me –
Your mouth
on mine
Lips
on
lips
You hold me –
Your arms
around me
Pulling
me
close
You touch me –
Your fingers
in mine
Holding
my
hand
You take my hand and it makes me tingle, prickles on my skin like exercise on a cold day
You tell me you like me and it makes me melt, my heart blooming like the daffodils in spring
You ask how my day was and it makes me smile, my grin widening like the Cheshire Cat’s
You touch my neck and it makes me shiver, like someone walking over my grave
You hold me close and it makes me calm, relaxing into you like a deep exhalation
You caress my leg and it makes my breath quicken, heart beating fast for your love
We practice love between these sheets, singing from a new playbook, learning the words as we go,
Our bodies in tune so they know what they need long before we do, a perfect harmony.
We practice kindness in our conversations, generous with our words and open with our feelings,
Our minds connecting deeply, souls intertwining, hearts beating as one.
We practice listening within these walls, opening ourselves up like the petals of a flower,
Our ears receiving each other’s secrets like welcome visitors, into our home.
Mermaid Poetry 