I don't think "I miss you" quite covers it. Alone tonight, I close my eyes and remember.
Your body, taught with anticipation, quivers like the rigging of a sailing ship under the pressure of gale force winds.
Anticipation? Yes. Overwhelmed with my touch after too long a dry spell you collapse into me. Forehead pressed against mine, hands scramble for purchase on my body as if I am the edge of a cliff. As if I am the only thing between you and the bottomless abyss.
Little do you know that you are as much a lighthouse for me as I am an anchor for you.
My breath trembles. My fingers tangle in your thick hair. Plush and courser than it looks in photos. You are built for the wild. No fragile decorative thing.
We tumble onto the bed and you find yourself pinned beneath me.
You struggle but it is only for the dance. Your fingers unfurl as you relax into my control. Your lips part, those eyes - sapphire with the faintest streaks of jade. Like a clear lake reflecting the forest lining her shore.
Your cheeks are flushed. Delicate and pink like your lips, constellations of freckles on your creamy skin. I'm glad we left the bedside lamp on... Or is that daylight through the closed curtains? I am only focused on you so how could I remember such inconsequential details.
When I kiss your lips your mouth opens to me and we are a tangle of tongues and teeth until again we are overcome and must pause - forehead pressed to forehead - we slow our breath.
"I want to be inside you."