Did you know...

that 'Shakta, one of the three most important mainstream forms of Hinduism, is centered on the belief that the creative power of the universe is embodied in female genitalia.'

(The Story of V: A natural history of female sexuality, Catherine Blackerledge, pp 44)

One more bite? (poetry)

I miss the feel of your skin against mine

The way you used to whisper my name

When we were fucking

I miss the sounds you would make

When I was touching you

Or when you were inside me

And I miss the filthy text conversation

Always a promise of things to come

Made me smile through the day, the perfect foreplay

I miss the conversations we used to share

Intellect against intellect

A different type of stimulation altogether...

I remember when you told me

You couldn’t be with me that way anymore

And I don’t miss the way that made me feel

You showed me the respect of explaining why

Wrong time, space, and place

I understood intellectually, emotionally, that took longer

I know you weren’t just making excuses

And you weren’t just fucking me around

I believe you that it wasn’t because I was faulty or deficient

What we shared was not just about that anyway

But it was part of it

And now it’s all different

There’s a wall, which I know has to be there

A carefully regulated distance must be kept at all times

Not just physically, emotionally too

And I miss sharing that intimacy with you

On all levels

I miss knowing you want to let me near you

And even now, when I see you

It still sometimes feels

As if you’re this huge carrot dangling in front of me

I don’t usually like carrots

But sometimes I wish

I could take one more bite of you

Judi Reed, 2012