"SOFT LIPS"

by Lianne Olive Hennig
 

NOTE: This poem was published in “Portraits of Life” by the National Library of Poetry of the International Society of Poets.  It won the Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry in 1996.
 

Soft lips, and slightly wet,
Warm from trembling, and
A little set apart
To show a glimpse of teeth,
All shadowed white, that yearn
To know the tender bite
Of neck and lips; to trace
A tongue that writhes and dips.

Strong nostrils, flaring now.
Clear eyes below a defined brow;
Eyes of swirling hazel pools
Stoked by fire that never cools.

Soft lips, muzzling down beneath
A damp and tingling brow to
Skim a trail on cheeks a-blush, then
Feverishly onward rush to
Nip the neck and stop retreat;
To bring the victim to defeat.
Then, finally, without protest
Soft lips are of soft lips possessed.