Guess what?
I just got married.
But I am afraid
and feeling quite shy;
for my Beloved wants to make love
and I don’t know what to do.
He wants off all my clothes.
But what if he doesn’t like what he sees?
And when I say such things
he only laughs and strokes my hair
and reaches for the buttons of my dress.
He says he wants to conceive a child,
who will run freely in the world,
naked and laughing,
singing outrageous songs of love.
Yet I am afraid.
For I do not see my Beloved.
He sits in the dark.
I only feel his caressing hands.
He says I can only see him
when I disrobe completely.
What kind of deal is that!?
What if he is loathsome to my sight?
Yet his caresses are soft
and his voice is sweet.
Maybe one button.
Maybe two.
How sweet are his kisses!
He whispers:
Just surrender.
Let go of all worries,
all plans of tomorrow,
all ghosts of the past.
Think of nothing
Do nothing
Be nothing
And I let the third button undo.
How magnificent is my Beloved!
How radiant he smiles above me.
The legs of all my yearnings open
as he enters me.
My eyes close in ecstasy.
And when I open them
my little bare feet tingles
as I dance through the fields
the warm sun
caressing my naked body
dancing
singing
outrageous songs of love.
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Janaka Stagnaro 2006