It's the flesh

Verse

by

Syn Onym (syn.onym@gmail.com)

It's been a long struggle
to accept me in my body
shorn of shame and guilt
to grace its beauty
to feel the throbbing of each cell.
I did not sense it until,
you caressed them into existence.
I learnt to celebrate
the demands they placed on me.
The flesh elevated me to reach
my soul, how could I neglect it?
When desire wakes up inside
I let it flow through my veins
and through my loins.
And I wait to see if
uniting with you
will touch my soul
and leap beyond
and I know the wait
is futile, for
in longing for you
deep inside me
I have lost myself.