I've stated before that I'm not big into poetry, but Marge Piercy knows how to put words together to take my breath away. This is from Oprah's Mission Calendar Inspiration today:
We lie in each other's arms
eyes shut and fingers open
and all the colors of the world
pass through our bodies like strings of fire.
-- Marge Piercy
This passage is excerpted from Colors Passing Through Us.
John and I had a verse from one of Marge Piercy's works read at our wedding. Now, eleven years later, I can't remember what it was. But after reading that lovely piece above, I'm determined to find it and share it with you.
The feeling I get when reading this verse is how much I miss that — miss having someone whose every square inch of skin is intimately known to my fingers. Maybe I'll be lucky enough in my life to know that exquisite intimacy again.
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