Fay Roberts - Silken

from The Speaking Strings by Anaïs Bokanovsky and Fay Roberts

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lyrics

And we…
We heat the air between us,
You and I,
Like… sweet steam rising,

We are the source, the surge,
The urges crackling in palm
And throat and gut

We are eyes meeting –
Direct yet, somehow, shy,
Mindful of the layers –
We know what lies behind
We know all the whys

I feel you
I feel each sin
You yearn to commit
Drip down my skin
Froth at our fingertips
Glisten

I watch your lips
And find I’m tasting mine
Simmering
Brimming with sounds
I slip into our sentences together
Syllables to lick
And tumble over your contours,
Vowels that sigh,
Consonants to flick at your nerve-endings
And pauses that thrum against your flesh,
Caressing

And we…?
Oh, we…
We are…
Eyes meet again,
We smile, reach out,
Touch, embrace…
But… safely,
Heads turned,
Mindful of those layers –
We know what lies behind,
We know all the whys.

And why not…

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from The Speaking Strings, released December 24, 2015
Fay Roberts (lyrics, vocals)

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