Wendy Lee is the poetry pen name for Wendy Maltz, an author, therapist, focusing on sexual health. Wendy compiled and edited two poetry anthologies — Passionate Hearts: The Poetry of Sexual Love and Intimate Kisses: The Poetry of Sexual Pleasure.
SEAMLESS BEAUTY
Wendy Lee
The flower, the sky, your beloved, can only be found in the present moment.—Thich Nhat Hanh
Bittersweet, this lying under you,
your nose buried in my neck.
Can’t get enough of your scent, you mumble,
and fall asleep.
I kiss the sweat-licked shiny top of your head
and twirl my finger slowly round and round
a lock of hair at the base of your neck.
Round and round, echoing the tug,
pull and swirling of our energies
which only moments ago, spun us out,
off this soft bed, careening to a place
where our joining felt infinite.
Someday I’d like to die this way
with you still inside me,
fall into a deep sleep and never wake up,
never have to know the parting,
the spent wave leaving the shore.
Your hair hugs my finger, and falls away.
Each twirl brings you closer yet farther from me.
The holding on becomes the letting go.