Once we sat across from each other
As equals we met on the playing field
In silence our eyes met and danced
As ivory chesspiece dangles from hand
With your eyes you asked me
If I wanted us to go further than this
With my eyes I demurred
Telling you that the time wasn't right
But that the desire was present
Even as I moved the pawn in opposition
To the rook you moved in challenge
Only moments before
Our pieces sat upon the table
From first moment of our encounter
This is not a game we play
But rather something more meaningful
Do you know how many days I watched
As you walked, even as legs swallowed
The physical distance between us.
Or even how I enjoyed the jeans you wore
You know, I even caught a picture
That you tried to steal away from me
You even questioned me -- remember?
I denied it then, but I didn't know
Just how much it meant
Or even really what I was aiming for
However much we talked or flirted
In our ongoing seduction of each other's minds
You never knew what you did to me
Sexuality turned off eons ago found
Thanks to you, an on switch
The off switch forever lost and years later
I would search for ways to locate
That missing switch lost inside the mind
Confusion ran through me
Searching for certainty beyond what I saw
Learning lessons of touch and sensation
Sliding against skin oversensitised
By nothing more than dreams of you.
However years from now I clearly see
You, me, a teasing smile transforming
Mischief into something more seductive
Moving white queen into place
While images of you, me, a dark room
Flood my mind, sensitising nerves
Something long awaited coming to bloom
Your eyes meet mine, asking questions
Asked one long ago in another place
While feeling the same, my eyes meet yours
Electricity jumps between us
As you watch my tongue and teeth tease
Lips made dry with anticipation
Blue eyes glint dangerously while hidden
Behind frames that show my own reflection
Ivory piece escapes slender fingers
Eyes raise to meet yours
A whisper building over years of distance
Escapes my lips as I watch you
"Check..."
You lean in, across a chessboard
Fulfilling more than this simple game
Sweeping hand across board
Pieces scatter across the floor
I find myself pulled across the table
Where a chessboard once kept us separate
In literal terms as well as figurative.
As you part my thighs
Settling yourself gently between them
Eyes caress my eyes, face
Before moving lower to the form so long hidden
By fears both mine and yours
A smile crosses your face
Even as my body moves to envelope yours
And as you move in for a seductive kiss
I hear the completion of years of flirtations
whispered against skin pleading for contact
"... and mate..."
Started: 20 February 2000
Completed: 20 March 2000