A Date with Pleasure: a Homecoming

A Date with Pleasure: a Homecoming

I thought I knew pleasure,

swore we had met before 

 

For now I know, 

I had only met the shell of pleasure 

I hadn’t allowed her to touch me,

I’d met her, but never felt her. 

 

Those who talked of pleasure, spoke of excitement, joy, ecstasy 

But when we first met, 

Ecstasy & joy were nowhere to be found 

 

Butterflies did backflips in my stomach, 

Unsure if birthed from anxiety or excitement.

 

The fear flushed through my veins when I met pleasure, 

Feeling her intensity, with nowhere to hide 

 

She saw me for all that I was 

& that frightened me 

She entered my body & explored spaces,

no one else could 

 

Her presence is unlike any other,

She’s the one who made me feel whole 

 

Pleasure took me to places I had never been, 

Greater heights, immeasurable depths

 

She made me afraid, 

For to know her, I had to feel 

 

Pleasure came to me in full force 

& here, I surrendered to her presence