This lyrical poem traces the arc of female desire from solitary devotion to possession to transcendence.
Consecrated
there is an hour that belongs only to me. a private space. a sanctuary of adoration, of seduction, the outer world does not see. lock the door. silence the weight of the world. in this space, everything is mine and myself — a temple, a grotto of my fascinations, my body the only sermon i need– a chance to find my own purity. and i open myself like a holy book written in skin. legs spread wide as an invitation to my own altar— there is devotion in this solitude, worship in these fingertips that know me deeper than any touch before. and so i begin. slow circles at first. a prayer. i am both the question and the answer. my clit swells beneath my touch like a secret finally becoming brave enough to breathe. i whisper to her. tell her she is beautiful when she's trembling. tell her the ache is holy. because when i taste myself on my fingers— salt and sweetness, the evidence of my own hunger— spit and slickness blur together. my wetness becomes an offering i make to the version of myself that's learning what it means to be both the one who touches and the one who's touched. this is how the ache builds. this is how i reach that cliff where my back arches like a bridge between earth and sky, where my toes curl into the sheets in obeisance to desire itself. then i pull back. let the want simmer. let it burn. rub. edge. pulse. leak. stop. the frustration becomes music. my body, an instrument playing only for itself. empty. hungry. desperate for more than my own hands can give. my mind fractures into stained glass, incense filled fantasies. fantasies of him visions crystallize. my pussy parted and dripping, a mess of need that has a name. i need his tongue between my lips— sweet, swollen and weeping. my clit covered. flicked. deified. the grind of my hips into his mouth, harder, deeper until i'm nothing but whimper and wetness, a disciple surrendered to wanting. oh, I need him— the taste of myself on his breath an echo on my tongue. oh, I want him. his thickness pressing. testing. my legs wrapped around his back— pulling him deeper. not asking anymore. demanding. the weight of him against me, around me, inside me, filling me, stretching me past my limit not stopping until my body becomes possessed by the ghost of him answering my prayer. and finally, finally, i am the answer. consecrated.
Author’s Note:
This poem offers a raw declaration of desire, elevating it into erotic literary form. It transitions from self-commitment to fantasy, then to possession, and ultimately to divine elevation. The religious language isn’t merely decorative; it’s fundamental to the structure. The prayer becomes desire becomes prayer becomes divinity. The “purity” I speak of isn’t innocence here. It’s clarity. It’s knowing exactly what you want and refusing to apologize for it.
I specifically used line breaks to act as breathing. I also used repetitions (”salt and sweetness,” “Oh I need him” / “Oh I want him,” and “finally, finally”) to create rhythm without being overly precious. “A disciple surrendered to wanting” became a state of being.
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'and I open myself like a holy book written in skin.'
Sapphra, this is gorgeous! The words you laced together with such sensuous desire, the agonizingly slow edging I felt as I meandered my way trhough.
A triumph, Sapphra. feminine rhythm, sound, ecstasy all through me. beautiful, beautiful. xx