Saturday, June 30, 2007

THE GIFT OF MYSELF


I don't have much to give you

in the way of material things.

But then,

I have never been a material person ....

so it wouldn't matter much anyway.


I do have something to give you, though . . . .

and I hope you accept this gift with joy.

I have chosen not to wrap it . . . .

I want it to be presented to you

as pristine as can be.


And anyway, decorations or wrappings

would certainly ruin the effect.

And so it is . . . . that I stand before you . . . .

unclothed, but surprisingly, unashamed of my nakedness.


You have already captured a piece of my heart,

and you have captivated my soul.

The only thing left for me to present to you

is my very being . . . .

and I do that willingly,happily, and most of all . . . .lovingly.


Standing before you . . . .

watching your every movement . . . .

seeing the desire in your eyes

for the very first time.


I don't believe in all of my life,

I have ever witnessed a moment

as beautiful as this.

Neither one of us can speak . . . .

and we are finding, even breathing, is difficult.


Your heartbeat is pounding out a rhythm

that almost assaults my ears.

I can hear it from where I stand across from you . . . .

and every beat speaks of your love for me.


I am giving you this gift tonight,

because I desperately want you to look inside.

I want you to open this package

that I offer you,slowly . . . .lovingly . . . . sensuously . . . .

and search for what lies within.


You don't have to look far,

you know . . .everything I feel for you

is just below the surface.

So it shouldn't take long for you

to discover the beauty awaiting you there.


Go ahead . . . open this gift

as a child would

on a snowy Christmas morning . . . .

in a hurried fashion . . . rather like a frenzy,

if you will.


But once that initial gift is opened . . . .

and the passion subsides . . . .

Please promise me

that this gift I give you . . . .

this gift of myself . . . .is only just the beginning. . . .