INTIMACY

Death
    Desire
        Quiet
            Yearning

Tears
For all those
Forgotten
Gone
Lost in muddled waters


Death
    Endings
        Living
            Openings


A memory unveiled
A door unlocked
Tenderness fills the room

Deep intimacy so profound
Yet the gesture so small

An eye gaze met
Staying
Exposes it all

GATEWAY TO PLEASURE

Relaxing - skin on skin
Each deep breath removing a layer of unknown tension

A tsunami of waves wash over me
Taking with it, the body's numbness

Moans, sighs, aaahs as each exhale relaxes me more and more

Sensation coming back
Layers and layers of unwinding take place

Every deep breath
The gateway back to bodily pleasure

RESENTMENT or RAPTURE

Tension mounting
Silence
Steely eyed looks

Communication stilted
Hostility in the air

Disconnect wide as the sea
Jump in or turn away?

Constructs of the mind
Seemingly valid reasons to dig in

Space, freedom? or Go deeper, give more?

Connection and distancing
Two sides of the same coin
Love only a perception away

A small opening
Relaxing into our touch
Electricity, tingling sensations, nerves pulsating Passion re-ignited

We're back!
Love jump-started

Resentment or rapture
What are you aligned with?
Either only a thin veil away
Right here, right now

Flow

Wind, air, the birds fill me
Aliveness in the air

The music, the symphony awake me
Singing, delighting, dancing
Such joy

Robins, cardinals, chickadees, hummingbirds, sparrows
All let me know the day begins in the flow

Surrendering to Love

Opened, softened, satiated

Filled, fulfilled, happy

Nothing, emptied, claimed

Tears, giggles, the depth of all women's pain

Your presence and power open the gates

To unveil hurt, rage, vulnerability and sweet love

Our union is ancient

Your eyes are those of a Roman god, a Gaelic warrior, or the wonder of a little boy

Here I worship you and see in you the Divine Transcending earthly matters Time no longer exists

I revel in where u have taken me

A place so surrendered, light and open

You have set me free

Stir Me Up

stir me up

draw me down

coax me out

lure me in

your "no's" invite persistence

slower, deeper

until your body livens

and your eyes surrender

your hot softness - begs to be crushed
by my fierce, knowing force you awaken
with your light I lead us into darkness
with relentless love and firm command

by ggaines

To FEEL Alive

In-box, Twitter texts, Facebook
All trying to capture my interest

Going this way, then that
Leaves me feeling scattered, isolated and asking “Am I all that?”

I want to FEEL…
Feel deeply
Feel alive
Feel something
The pulse of aliveness running through me

I open the windows to let life in
The birds are singing, nature is purposely hustling
The breeze moves through what appears still

I go outside, breath in the fresh air
My senses start to awaken

I feel alive again
The air on my face
The cold breeze on my legs
My lungs expanding and contracting
As I breathe so deep
Expanding my long legs up the steep sand dune

I no longer feel alone
I feel alive, sharing life with those around me
The birds, the trees, the bugs

The sand wet in my toes
Water gushing on the shore
I feel full

Winding my way back on a muddy trail, mush under my toes
Wet, fresh, green everywhere
I feel God, life’s connected energy forces, filling me

I am happy, FEELING so ALIVE