Painting by Louisa M Gallie


A finger traced across your velvet skin
Doth excite a low and sensuous sigh
From moist lips as red as blood, sweet as sin.

Our souls on wings of fire rise to the sky
As we unite the beating of one heart,
Though half concealed by flowing silk we lie.

Lust and passion born from the love of art,
Welcome me into the ocean of you
And pray that we may never be apart.

In the shiver of your sea we win through,
Union we will never bid adieu.