Awareness

I am well aware
I have not had your skin on mine forever
It is your voice from far away that entrances me
And triggers the memory of your hands and mouth upon me
I am well aware that it is not your breath on my neck
your hands smoothing my hair
your skin warm on mine
your scent filling every intake of breath
your teeth on my pulse
your thighs spreading mine
We have not dressed and undressed one another
We have not teased or tasted or taken
Yet I feel your mark on me
Branded in flesh
Wishing the mirror could show me
What I feel
What is real

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