beneath these clothes

Underneath these clothes,  I am quite vulnerable-  But you take the time,  The time to realize-  I am me.  Underneath these clothes,  I am naked to the bone.  These clothes conceal me,  But only you take the time-  The time to see,  The real me.  My nakedness revealed,  The curves in my shape-  Displayed before you.  Long before this-  We talked and questioned,  And took the time to see-  All the real love before us,  That time would help us see.  Underneath these clothes,  You are naked-  Naked and vulnerable to the bone,  I look at you in a different light-  Noting how I love thee.  Beneath our clothes-  We consist of skin,  And our power is gone and we are exposed.  Exposed to our love, our devotion, our craving-  For physical love that we’ve dreamed.  We love each other undeniably-  Endlessly.  We talked,  We caressed.  Our clothes lay strewn,  Surrounding us-  As the layers fell to the ground,  Like our clothes at our feet.  Our feelings exposed as we kiss and gaze-  Loving all we see.  Because love knows no imperfection,  And this is fine by us-  For we see only perfection in our eyes,  As our bodies reflect back and forth.  Tis great to find love,  And be exposed-  Knowing perfection as we venture on,  Remembering this night forever.  The night we lost fear-  And did what was right for love,  For beneath our clothes-  The secrets of that night lay sleeping,  Where we remember hands tracing skin-  Eyes basking in glory,  As true love was revealed-  Beneath our clothes that night.    jaf series 2002this poem was inspired by, shakira's "underneath your clothes," cos i like the title of that song and it just overall reminded me of my boyfriend, josh. Written February 8th, 2002 © on Feb 08 2002 09:42 AM PST   18 • 0 • 8