#gay poem
We had always been hot-blooded, but cool to the touch
protecting each other from the heat that would surely have been us
the sweat, the pulse of our bodies, intertwined and trembling
the vulnerability that comes with knowing each other’s pleasure.
For too long we tried desperately
to mitigate the damage,
you and I (a forest fire) encroaching on a tiny village of restraint.
Slow burning (at first), but burning steadily still,
and moving inward
until we had burned that village down and began dancing
in the flames.
Your body,
no longer cool to the touch, but red hot and wide open.
for once i just want to love someone without the fear of being unloved.