desire, trepidation, and hunger …

sprinkling cinnamon caresses, scribbling odes,


etching my words on your bare back,


desire inflames, engulfs flesh and blood and bone,
dispelling all trepidation,


the sin of hungering,


in a sweltering furnace of longing,


scribbling odes,

fingers meandering across your body,



desire, trepidation, and hunger,



fleeting, momentary,


yet abiding, infused,

relentless,


welcome.