Slowly I learn. I'm learning that being kind to myself is not being selfish. I'm learning that my body, my body is mine, and is not to be compared to any other. Slowly I learn that if you ever want to fall in love, you fall not for words, but for actions. You fall for the way their presence makes you warm, not the way their compliments make you blush. Fall like petals, ever so slowly and with all of your grace, not too hard into a place still unknown. If I had a thousand lives, I'd learn all the languages. But I only have one, so I will take pain to master the language that will bring us together, closer than ever, till the beginning of forever. I thought love was portrayed wrong in the movies, because how could something that beautiful be so effortless. I thought it was supposed to be hard. That it meant I had to heal somebody for them to be able to love me. You showed me how wrong I could be. Now as I reflect on the taste of your lips, I know I let true love slip through...
“Do I or do I not!” The voice unspoken. It seems that everything comes down to this, by choice, and oftentimes we drift into it without thought, but still, you have to make the choice. One look at her and my heart melted. I wanted to do the wrong thing, in oh so many different ways. I wanted to be so bad, lead her utterly and completely astray. Sweet temptation, called me by my name, promising pleasure, with honeyed words and images bright. She made her presence known. Eyes lit up like sparkling diamonds. Red lipstick, red as a blooming rose, framed her hunting smile. Oh, how that woman looked so divine, so sleek and fine, how her lips would feel on mine. I longed to taste those lips. Her eyes stalked quietly, hunting for her next unsuspecting prey. Her deadly charm her most effective tool. There I stood from afar, desires getting stronger even if I stood no chance. I’d have loved to be her prey; I’d be perfectly content being her toy. “Remember your time is oh so short...