The Courage of Intimacy

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I am awakening.

Seeming shy in nature, shy in kind,

Boldly inviting to the mind, another longing spirit blind

I recognize the essence there, as harmless as my own inside.

Through filtered endless circles made, patient with diverse distraction

A glance with eyes of latent passion, dart daring to seduce

Lingering to satisfy a yearning universal, declare uneasy truce

Now cloying scents of fear away, a unity of soul holds sway

Past tentative uncertainty deprived its treasured memory

Fished out of filtered phrases and wielded without warning

The reach of patient upturned palms, bared breasts of faith to face

Shared sensations flow submerged in emotion's depths emerge

Such trust blunts freedom’s fetters with smothering embrace

The Courage of Intimacy - The Courage of Intimacy by Keith Ainsworth                                                                                                                                                1