Love Poem: Amorous Attentions
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Written by: Crystol Woods

Amorous Attentions


The intimacy of knowing your body 
as well as I know my own…
The unspoken permission 
to touch with my hands, 
to feel with my lips, 
my tongue,
 to move upon and explore
 the most secret of places,
witness the most intimate functions.
Your salty sweat is delicious, 
your saliva is like fine wine. 
Each pale hair that covers you 
deserves attention and devotion. 
I want to taste the words
 that spill from your lips as you speak,
 taste the flavor of my name on your mouth.
I want to crawl inside of you,
 as if you had a uterus 
and it could be the womb 
where I suck my thumb,
secure and safe. 
To know you as intimately as I know myself,
 and to peek in at your thoughts…
to seek and find that hidden place
 where your soul resides!
 I would that I could lay seige
 to the shelter that succors your naked,
 vulnerable soul…
and live there with you, 
hold you in my arms for eternity.