beyonderotica

What odd� and impossible ways
We choose to lead our lives
We strive to live as Individuals
But we insist on Loving only as
Couples�
Only one person at a time�
Making do with the growing silence
Or until the next �Un-Coupling��
We suffer the anguish because
We will not permit our Other
(or Ourselves) to enjoy Joy

What odd and impossible ways
We choose to lead our lives�.
As a Couple� each insists that
The One can fulfill every need of
The Other for all of time� the
Intellectual� Emotional� Physical
We insist that the One has love
In amounts only sufficient for just
The Other
We spend vast amounts of time
Insisting we are right�
Or �making believe� because
We feel we are wrong

But changes from the �Normative�
That One can only live� and love
In �Twos�� is not easy
Ancient habits and tales resist
Acknowledging the Realities of
Today's long-term daily living

And my Friend and I were a product
Of our Culture� for thousands of
Days and nights� we had like most all
Lived as a Couple�. we laughed
We loved� we cared� we argued
We enjoyed each other�s company
And time� we traded stories� recipes
Jokes� expressions� passion
We co-mingled our genes in what were
Once small children� now Persons...
We knew each other so well

And my Friend and I were a part
Of our Culture� we had been trained
That whatever made the �I � happy�
The 'I ' satisfied� fulfilled� excited�
Was the �correct � path

We had not yet learned� because
We had yet no teachers� that the
Objective ought to have been the
Exact opposite�

� That the goal of any long-term
Friendship� is to provide the support
The encouragement� the excitement
For whatever would make The �Other �
Happy� satisfied� fulfilled� content
Loved and Loving

Now I see my Friend in the minds and
Hearts and arms of other Friends�
Excited with the Dance of Life
Eyes glowing with Passion� soft
Perspiration reflecting as Bodies
Intertwine� fluids interchange
Then exhausted� then their spirit
Soaring with fulfillment and freedom

Sometimes my old Intimate Friend
Invites me to join their Friends in
Sociality�
Sometimes in their passion
Sometimes my Friend joins my
Other Friends�

We are no longer an isolated Couple
Mentally... Emotionally... Physically
We are More�

And the ripples in the flow of our lives
And friendships� and sensuality
And Love� and fulfillment� keep
Expanding

Sensual Freedom has led to a new
Path unknown to many� it opened
A journey beyond Erotica to Eros

No longer does a simple and rapid
Quest for body apertures satisfy�
We now enjoy the thrilling pursuit
And attainment� of Real Intimacy
With other long term Intimate Friends

It is the reality of �Connectedness�
With Ourselves and Others that now
Fulfills our daily living and our dreams

We have killed the myth that One
Should� must Own the Other�
Their mind and body and spirit
Their very soul�
Possessiveness is dead� banished
Along with its sister destroyer of long
Term Relationships� Jealousy

We are finally free to Love�
Not Fear