How I wish I could feel

the touch of heat from

just a moment's steal

as skin touches skin

and passion runs amok.

I would love to enjoy

a bit of past time

of my lover's hunch

and our point to

hush as our need

brings about a crush

and silencing flush.

Only now do I deal

with this lack of

a traditional appeal

but the feeling does

grow and in haste

do I know...my heart

is torn as is shorn

from its mental store.