You: The Book of My Desire
by Diar
I want to read
the book of your flesh;
I want to learn the scriptures
of your skin off by heart,
and keep the verses penned
on your fingers
locked away
in the poetry-cluttered archive
of my savant’s memory.
I want to run my fingertips through
the endless chapters of your long,
light-brown hair, and kiss
the secret Braille whispers
hidden in the bold print of your lips.
I want to search the index
of your smooth alabaster limbs
for the answer to the riddle cast
in the silent Mystery-play
of your bright blue eyes;
from the As of your arms down to
the Ts of your thighs, thumbing my way up
from the Cs of your calves to the
Ns of your nipples and
the soft white foam of your neck.
I want to listen
to the audio-book of your heart
and trace the patterns of its voice-beats
in the lines of the palms
of your hands. I want to finish
the autobiography of your body
by adding the pages of mine
to your own, and rewrite the meter
of the rhythm of your breath
to fit the prosaic systole-diastole of my own.
I want to explore the plotlines of your legs
and delve into the fluid characters
of your shoulder-blades, down the tightly
stitched
spine of your back
to the table of contents of your ass-cheeks.
I want to learn how to read
the book of your naked form
without needing a translation,
a dictionary, or thesaurus.
I want to wake and smell the natural scent
of your text-taut skin against my own
as I embrace the unworn binding
of the book of your body
and kiss the marks my lips left in your margins
when I first recited the medieval romance of
you.
by Diar
I want to read
the book of your flesh;
I want to learn the scriptures
of your skin off by heart,
and keep the verses penned
on your fingers
locked away
in the poetry-cluttered archive
of my savant’s memory.
I want to run my fingertips through
the endless chapters of your long,
light-brown hair, and kiss
the secret Braille whispers
hidden in the bold print of your lips.
I want to search the index
of your smooth alabaster limbs
for the answer to the riddle cast
in the silent Mystery-play
of your bright blue eyes;
from the As of your arms down to
the Ts of your thighs, thumbing my way up
from the Cs of your calves to the
Ns of your nipples and
the soft white foam of your neck.
I want to listen
to the audio-book of your heart
and trace the patterns of its voice-beats
in the lines of the palms
of your hands. I want to finish
the autobiography of your body
by adding the pages of mine
to your own, and rewrite the meter
of the rhythm of your breath
to fit the prosaic systole-diastole of my own.
I want to explore the plotlines of your legs
and delve into the fluid characters
of your shoulder-blades, down the tightly
stitched
spine of your back
to the table of contents of your ass-cheeks.
I want to learn how to read
the book of your naked form
without needing a translation,
a dictionary, or thesaurus.
I want to wake and smell the natural scent
of your text-taut skin against my own
as I embrace the unworn binding
of the book of your body
and kiss the marks my lips left in your margins
when I first recited the medieval romance of
you.
About Diar:
Diar is a freelance copy editor/proofreader pursuing full-time work in the
editorial division of the publishing industry. His educational background is in
Literature, Art History, Philosophy, and Religion. He is a poet and critical
prose essayist, with several publishing credits in both genres in print and on
the web. His literary field specialization is the long 19th century from the
French Revolution through the early Modern novel, with particular focus on
the evolutionary changes of the Gothic, Romanticism, Decadence and
Aestheticism, and Orientalism. His religious and philosophical interests
focus on the various sects of mysticism, as well as Christianity, Hinduism,
and Buddhism. Overall, he continues to hold a strong interest in and love
for the different aspects of the arts and humanities.
Diar is a freelance copy editor/proofreader pursuing full-time work in the
editorial division of the publishing industry. His educational background is in
Literature, Art History, Philosophy, and Religion. He is a poet and critical
prose essayist, with several publishing credits in both genres in print and on
the web. His literary field specialization is the long 19th century from the
French Revolution through the early Modern novel, with particular focus on
the evolutionary changes of the Gothic, Romanticism, Decadence and
Aestheticism, and Orientalism. His religious and philosophical interests
focus on the various sects of mysticism, as well as Christianity, Hinduism,
and Buddhism. Overall, he continues to hold a strong interest in and love
for the different aspects of the arts and humanities.
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