I stand in the garden courtyard,
the moon, bright and full,
sharing her light with me,
casts shadows
about the plaza.
The winter air, sweet and crisp,
changes my breaths into
beautiful clouds of crystal and ice.
It is a night when I should
want to be inside,
secure under a mountain of down and fabric.
But this is the night when I could
be nowhere else.
And then the shadow parts
and You are there.
Selene’s light dances upon Your skin,
pale and smooth,
soft porcelain.
You glide,
wordlessly,
across the courtyard,
Your ebon gown dancing
on a spectral breeze.
It takes but a slight nod of Your head
for me to shed my nightdress
and be cloaked in
naught but moonlight
and Your gaze.
You circle me,
tracing the contours of my flesh,
Your cool touch electric.
Your eyes,
piercing emeralds ringed in kohl,
mirror the hunger that
burns within me.
I want You.
And You know it.
I endure an eternity of lustful anticipation
until You come to rest
behind me.
You gently sweep aside my curls,
baring my nape and shoulder.
And then You lick,
playfully,
tormenting me by denying me
Your embrace
for that much longer.
I struggle not to tremble
in abject lasciviousness, but
Your hand strays down my body,
a dark-tipped talon
darting into me,
the wet inferno You find there
betraying me further.
One caress.
That’s all I can think of.
You turn me to face You
and I lose myself
as I have so many times in
Your eyes,
Your lips,
Your scent.
You bring your finger to my lips
and I suck,
wantonly,
cleaning your hand of my juices.
Then, cradling my hair,
You tilt my head slightly.
As You lean in close
Your hair tumbles onto my neck,
unexpectedly tickling.
My eyes close of their own volition.
My breathing, ragged and hot now.
I want it.
I want You.
Please.
Please.
Please!
And then You do.
It is fierce and brutal
as You lose Yourself
in my sanguinary delights.
But the pain is a trivial concern next to
the rapturous sensual ecstacy
that Your caress brings.
A gentle warmth
flows down my shoulder,
my chest,
and the chill of the evening air
doesn’t bother me any more.
And as my heart stills
and I surrender to the shadow
I know that I am Yours completely
now and for all time.
And I smile.