It was my first time
Nervously my breath
Outracing my speech
My heart pounding a rhythm
For my ears to hear
So as not to breach
The glassy surface of thought
I offered myself,
Not naked and crude
But beautifully exposed,
Innocently poised
With gentle truth.
You, my lover, responded.
Deafening silence
Echoed sweet nothings
In my ear. The hush approved
My affection for
Words. It was soothing
And left anticipation,
A sensual wake
With gloss surface
That only dream can discern
To be the second
Time. This one’s preface.