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The Anatomy of Love

A Seven-Part Series

 

 

 

 

 

Come Here

 

Come here...

Let me whisper in your ear...

Closer......closer......so that my breath can tickle your ear,

slithering a tingling sensation down through your body.

Hmm, now what did I want to say?

Oh yes......do you mind if I call you baby?  Boo?  My man?  My lover?

Do you mind if I lean in and flick my tongue across the lobe of your ear,

whispering to you how much my body aches for you?

 

Mmm, boo, I can’t stop thinking about you.

It’s like you took up residence inside of my head, evading my every thought,

making me hot and wet and hungry for my tasty lil boo...

and just so you know...that’s you.

 

May I so sweetly kiss your cheek and follow it with a licking of your lips?

May I lay in bed with you, talking and laughing and just being silly?

May I throw on a CD, take you by the hand and dance slow and close with you?

May I pull you into a long, sultry hot shower that will leave us both wet

in more ways than one?

 

Please say yes....just kiss me and let me know that you want that, too,

because whatever you want, I’m here to do it for you.

 

Want me to hold you, stroking your back and kissing your forehead?

Want me to kiss you, starting at the top of your head,

making my way down to that uprising part of you?

Want me to be the sweet one, letting you ravish me relentlessly?

Want me to be the naughty girl, pulling out my scarves and

sexually torturing you?

 

Just let the word yes fall from those luscious lips of yours,

and with the powers bestowed upon me,

those words will become reality.

 

Because at this moment,

this very second,

making you smile, making you warm,

making your heart glow, making you feel love

is all I’m about.

Chocolate Kisses

I lick my lips in anticipation for the sweetness

that promises to wreak havoc on them,

 

a sweetness that seems to seep through

my warm lips and fill my mind,

my body with you, making me drunk from you.

 

As a kid, the candy store is where

I ran to buy my chocolate treat.

Now, I run to you for your kisses,

so damn sweet,

 

kisses that make me think of tasting

your chocolate down

to the gooey center

and begging you for more,

 

a taste so sweet

my need can't be ignored.

 

Do You Love Me?

One word, I’m yours

another, heartbreak

 

Just to hear from your lips

that you think of me,

want me,

need me,

love me,

could make me feel reborn.

 

Can you possibly feel what I do?

Thoughts of your eyes,

your smile,

your voice,

your mouth

            on mine,

your arms

            holding me,

your hands

            touching me,

our bodies

            together,

creating a passion

an ecstasy

            unknown to any.

 

Do I speak in vain?

Do you feel this pain?

 

This aching

            longing to connect.

 

I.Love.You

Who would have thought

that words could move the mind,

could move the heart,

could stir feelings within?

 

How just with your voice,

I become flushed,

and warm,

and aroused?

 

As your mouth forms three lil words

that ring so sweet in my ears,

it does appear

that I’m falling in love.

 

I fight it,

say I don’t want it,

tell my mind to refuse it,

tell my body to run from it,

 

but my body,

my mind,

my heart,

betray me.

 

As your mouth releases

those three words:  I love you,

my body radiates with a heat,

with a warmth

that I can’t explain.

 

My need for you so hard,

so real

that at times I can’t breathe,

can’t think.

 

I don’t want to hurt you,

I don’t want to hurt me,

so I try to move away,

stay away

from that voice,

those words,

but the withdrawal is too great.

Without you,

your voice,

my body aches

and shakes.

 

I don’t know what will happen,

what the present or future will bring,

 

but your voice,

your words

have me in a spell I don’t think can be broken.

 

As I try to pull away,

I still yearn for you to say

those three words:

 

I love you.

 

Disappearing Acts

I reached out for you last night,

but you weren't there.

 

Instead, I had the vision,

the images of you as perfect

as a picture,

as the real thing,

but you weren't there.

 

I recalled a kiss by you

that made my heart race.

I could feel the warmth of your lips,

the probing of your tongue,

but when I opened my mouth to moan,

you weren't there

 

When your fingers lightly danced

along my breasts, I whispered your name,

but when your warm wet tongue began

its descent upon one of my stiff nipples,

you weren't there.

 

My legs slipped upon

your shoulders as you slowly, deeply

tasted the moist heat of my feminine chamber.

I cried out in pain and pleasure, wanting to

ride the wave of you, but before I could explode,

you weren't there.

 

There isn't a part of my body, my mind

that isn't touched by your presence

and yet

you have no presence, no appearance

 

I shiver and stifle moans just remembering

how powerful my feelings are,

how powerful my feelings would be

if your disappearing acts ceased,

if your reappearance released

the love that you used to have for me.

 

Just please,

reappear

so we can disappear

in the love I know is still there.

 

Damn

How many times have I told myself

That I wasn't doing this shit anymore?

 

Don't matter how many degrees

How much you achieve

A woman will fall prey to love

That will bring her to her knees

 

Hitting us off with smooth lines

Taking us out to wine and dine

Add a sprinkle of I love yous

And a sistah be acting the fool

 

Giving negroes love they probably

don't even deserve

Not realizing their love is so precious

It should be put on reserve    

 

But I digress

For I must confess

Got my heart in a love jones

And it has me a mess

 

Keep telling myself to shut my heart down

But another fine brotha walks into my heart's town

Throws me his smile, reels out his line

And my damn heart betrays me every time

 

I guess I'm doomed for failure

For my heart never listens

With the right kiss…touch

Between my legs glisten

 

And I'm caught up in the rapture

And can't even see

The inevitable hurt and despair

That he will throw upon me

 

Damn,

How many times have I told myself

That I wasn't doing this shit anymore

 

Didn't want to crumble on the floor

Crying and wondering what I did wrong

Singing one of those familiar sistah songs

 

My man don' left me

My man don' cheated on me

My man don' lied to me…yet again

It's insane

 

But I'll tell you one thang

No matter how many times we swear

Declare how unfair this shit is,

We'll be right there, professing

Love and despair over it again

 

Damn

 

Cold Hearted

 

My heart

so heavy

like lead

it's dead

 

If only

I could

keep from

wanting the impossible dream

wanting the sun to beam

 

A ray

of light

of hope

of love

my way

 

My heart

so hard

from lack of love

of attention

of warmth

 

Praying for

looking for

searching for

the heat to

revive it

 

But alas

I fear

will not come near

the heat

 

Trust is gone

made me come undone

 

And now

and now

I sit

lonely

alone

and coldhearted

 

 

  

 

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