Getting Ready

I’M GETTING READY

I’M GETTING READY –

THE DIRT AND GRIME OF THE DAY IS STILL ON ME, SO I SHOWER TO CLEANSE. I IMMERSE MYSELF UNDER THE WARM REJUVENATING CRYSTALS. AHHH, THEY FEEL SO GOOD, BEATING MY BARE SKIN.  IT’S TOLERABLE TO THE TOUCH, SO I RELAX. THEN I EXHALE, BATHE AND RINSE. AFTERWARDS, I SLOWLY ADD MORE AND MORE HEAT. NOT TOO MUCH CAUSE IT WILL BURN BUT JUST ENOUGH  TO WHERE IT IS SOOTHING TO ME. THEN, I JUST LINGER THERE AWHILE, UNDER THE HOT STREAMS AND WARM STEAM, UNTIL THE HOT WATER COMPLETELY RUNS OUT.

MAN, I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW. I DRY OFF.

I’M ALMOST READY –

 I PLUNGE ONTO THE BED AND EXPECTANTLY AWAIT HIM.  I CLOSE MY EYES AND PURPOSELY RECALL THE IMPRINTED IMAGES, THE MUFFLED SOUNDS AND THE INTENSE MOTION PICTURES WE’VE CREATED, IN TIMES PAST, FROM WITHIN MY MEMORY BANK. HIS SCENT, HIS HAIR AND HIS EMBRACE ARE FOREVER SECURLY DEPOSITED WITHIN MY PERSONAL VAULT. OH, THE PLACES HE’S TAKEN ME AND THE THINGS HE’S SHOWN ME. NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO THEIR VALUE.

BURR…THERE’S A COOL BREEZE, IN THE ROOM, SO I CLOSE THE SHUTTERS TO ENSURE EVERYTHING IS WARM TO THE TOUCH. I’M SELF-SOOTHING.  

I’M READY —

HE APPEARS AND IMMERSES ME IN HIS KISSES — HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. UM, HE FEELS SO GOOD AGAINST MY BARE SKIN. GRACIOUSY HE LINGERS AT THE CRESTS, FOR A LONG WHILE. THEN SLOWLY HE TURNS UP THE HEAT, MORE AND MORE, UNTIL I CAN NO LONGER TOLERATE IT.  IT’S TOO HOT!  IT BURNS! I SCREAM! THEN FINALLY, HE RUNS OUT. HE TRIES TO SOOTHE THAT WHICH BURNS ME BUT IT’S TOO SENSITIVE. THE PAIN IS UNBEARABLE. I TELL HIM DON’T TOUCH IT! SO HE LEAVES IT ALONE.

BUT IT’S OK, BECAUSE I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER NOW AND IT ONLY TAKES 15 MINUTES FOR THE WATER TO GET HOT AGAIN.

D.W. BARELA