MaraiDuPreez

Sweating, panting, gasping for air. a breath taken, a second stolen, passions inflamed. A look, a glance, turn to a stare, a focused entrancement. Again you speak, "I love you"...

A crooked curve, a twisted road, leads one away. stumbling, scraping, falling. All is left behind. There is a hand, turned palm up. Eyes, radiant, embracing. It shows me the way. The way to you...

Yesterday, we were friends, we laughed and played, shared and cried. Yesterday, we opened up, felt and talked, wept and worried. Yesterday, we wished, for things to change, for us to grow. Today, we are lovers, holding, wishing, remembering yesterday...

The gate closes for the last time, I do not want to turn back, Too look into those eyes, Too remember all those promises I made, Too remember those feelings we shared. I don't want to say goodbye. The sound of the turning key, locking away my love perhaps, at least, locking away yours. "Will you be ok?" Your voice echoes in my mind, will I? Will I ever? "yeah, I'll be fine" I smiled. a Last reassuring touch, and for a brief moment, togetherness. I will see you again, This is not goodbye, just goodbye to us...

How can a word that is not my own, explain what I feel? How can a word that is not my own, touch emotions so? A simple word, for wich many have died, many have lived, kingdoms built, destroyed, and conquered. So many times have I used it, so many times have I heard it, but not until now, Do I understand it's meaning. Do I understand? Or is it the word that intoxifies? The word that infects? I understand, and for the first time, just like before, I love...

To words I put thee, Felt, and touched. Atonement of past experiences, past loves, and past crimes. To words I put thee, Said, and heard. opening too soon, floods of tears, hearts broken. To words I put thee, found, and lost. friendships cast aside, relationships mangled, promises broken. To words I put thee, You, and I. Together, forever, never die...

There are places people wish to go, wish to see, wish to experience. Fantastic worlds of splendor and delight, amazing realms of adventure and love, holy places of peace and tranquility. To savour exotic delights, to experience temporal contentment. As for me, my exotic needs, my peacefull pilgrimage, my exitement, lie in your arms...