Opaque Clarity

 

Inside

Waiting to be released

Like effervescent bubbles

In bottled Champaign

 

Inside

Hidden from you

With the opaqueness

Of clear glass

 

The words

The expressions

Of every deep emotion

And joyful sighs

 

Silent

They are to your ears

But not to your eyes

Not to your heart

 

Silence

Pretends our lovemaking

Is enjoyment

For its own sake

 

Silence

Pretends there is

No reflecting between

One visit to the other.

 

Subtly

Each clinging curl

Left upon my sheets

Speaks your presence

 

Softly

I've wept

After we've made love

Keeping my words inside

 

Hiding

What you already know

What I cannot say

What you don't want to hear.

 

Forgive me

For silence

Is not my strength

Nor hides my desire

 

Listen

With the  honesty

That we impart

When we speak aloud

 

Accept

The truth

For the simple pleasures

That are meant

 

Tenderly

This poem speaks the words

I wish to whisper

Into your ears:

 

Peacefully

I can recall

No unpleasant moments

Spent with you

 

Erotic

Are the visions I hold

Of so many nights

Spent wrapped in each other.

 

 

B. Benjamin                                                                         

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