SOFTLY, EVER SO SOFTLY
by
Linda L. Dowd
copyright 2003

~*~

Softly, ever so softly,
he came to me in the still of the night.
His warm, moist breath
breathed life into my being.
Rose-scented, evening air
wafted through my open window,
filling me with a deep, inner calm.
As he lie down beside me,
he firmly drew my body close to his own.
He held me in his strong arms,
and my body flushed with burning desire
for he and I to become as one.

Stirrings of passion brought me beyond
the boundaries of my normal waking hours as
he explored all that is me.
Limned by the light of the full moon,
his magnificent form glistened
from his eagerness to bring me pleasure.
My breathing quickened with his caressing of
both my body and my soul.
With each loving, yet commanding, touch,
I rose higher and higher...

His manliness filled my senses
as he explored my body with abandon,
Embracing, thrusting, kissing, caressing...
As our passions peaked, I quivered
and I surrendered myself to him--completely.
As we were swept away in a tidal wave of bliss,
our pounding hearts were beating as one.
No longer were we "he" and "I"
---There was only "us"...

As he cradled me in his warm embrace,
he whispered of his eternal love for me.
I lay serenely in the effluence of his words,
bathed in the afterglow of our loving...

Such ecstasy is truly a spiritual experience
---the joining of a man and a woman,
in rapturous harmony, as it is meant to be.

~*~