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