the miracle of flesh against flesh
that skin can whisper secret to skin
and the body is a place of worship
open to all true believers
this is my prayer tonight

so pray with me lover
and make me believe
that when you are hunched over me
pressed into me, dripping with sweat

that your sweat on me is baptismal
and making love to you will purge
this hunger i am built with
give name to all that is holy in me

that your tongue on my nipple
your teeth in the soft flesh of my breast
that sweet pain you deliver with each bite
is my sacrament and my sole path to redemption