Mapped Out
"This is mine." Up and down closer and closer to where the waters deep within me build in agonizing wait.
You glide your hands on my back, as if trying to remember every flaw— each curve a confession, each breath is an act of devotion. You slide them down to my hips, tracing my love handles that only a very few men saw. Your fingers pause— lingering on this earth-incensed skin that has learned to forget how to be seen. I am standing still, blindfolded, wrists bound, leaning against the cool wall, anchored by trust, lifted by...