She takes a risk

We sit on her folded futon

so she can read me lyrics

she wrote before she was married

prophesy from a pre-initiated priestess

then we gaze into each other's reflection

when my lips start to tingle I say...
something about how hard it is
for women to initiate...

"...But" she says, “the anticipation is kind of nice.”

“So you prefer to hang out in the anticipation?”

“No,” she says urgently and lunges forward
for our first kiss.

--Kamala Devi, Winter 2007