Sensation

The sensation of skin on skin
after all this time
is electric to me -
Fingers twining,
wrapping, twisting,
gracing each other with delicate touches
like five feathers on a velvet glove
delicately caressing and touching each other –
Two animals that have found each other at last
after years of searching, found their mate,
and enter a courtship ritual
that is filled with grace and elegance

It's amazing how sensual a thing such as this
can be
Her fingers tracing lines down the back of my hand
I turn my head and look at her, and she meets my eyes
a smile growing on both our faces
Light flickers in the dark room,
falling upon her face in patterns
yet her eyes never falter.
Nothing is spoken, but much is said.

I lift her hand to my lips,
and gently kiss it.
All noise is merely background;
everything else is secondary
to this.