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Created on: April 03, 2009
The sound of silk slipping across bare skin
Hair falling like soft waves against pillows
It's dark - I reach for the light to better see your face
Your hand however somehow finds me - even in this darkness
I can not see you, but I somehow think you are smiling, teasing me
As your hand softly wraps itself around mine.
It's quiet now as we lie unmoving, I almost forget to breathe.
My hand seems to have forgotten now about the light.
I prefer the soft, quiet, darkness
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