Ascension. My body

Note: This is a Cento poem created from “July 1936” of Anais Nin’s Fire: Journals 1934-1937

Dizzy on emotion,
burning sensual fire,

his kiss, sparks awe,
and possession, Our bodies

a communion. He breathes,
tender, outpour of depth,

his skin burns a soft kiss,
we vibrate, lie like flowing

dream, soft honey, hungry
for his caress, his eyes a drug,

we awake in touch coming
hymns for my lover, for each

other, I love the face, pure
head taking me, his Finger

trembles, tossing stockings,
underwear, I feel open—

the delicacy, shutters,
my body, Ascension

the thirst in my wildly
sensitive lips. He aroused

ecstasy, the poetry
of sex, my opening swells

a magnet yearned, flashes
dream of his beautiful brown

flesh fever our bed, heat,
eat me desire, wanting him—

we come in a frenzy
of kissing.

Adrian Ernesto Cepeda is the author of Flashes & Verses… Becoming Attractions from Unsolicited Press, Between the Spine from Picture Show Press, Speaking con su Sombra with Alegría Publishing, La Belle Ajar & We Are the Ones Possessed from CLASH Books and his 6th poetry collection La Lengua Inside Me with FlowerSong Press won Honorable Mention in The Juan Felipe Herrera Best Book Award - One Author- Bilingual in The 2024 Int'l Latino Book Awards. Adrian lives with his wife in Los Angeles with their adorably spoiled cat Woody Gold.