an echo from your body

Take off your skin
your mask
what was it you meant to ask
consenting to only
part of the experience
how do you ever know
what will really happen
once you say
yes
once you
undress
there is much more to the process
we just cannot name or predict
will she always be the derelict
take off your mask
because the skin
is embroiled in controversy
you can jump right in
you can make it hard
to distribute each shard
of broken masks
but the skin is intact
gender is screaming from the body
the body that
glistening gleaming
has been treated to the
most intimate kisses
and you planted
seeds for the disses
you diss her so you wont miss her
and stand firm on the ground of
denial
that was always your style
a way to get through it clean
you never needed to say then,
what you really mean
from your body
arises an echo of your past
swimming away from it fast
there you go
there you know
and if only
you would be immersed in the flow
taking you away from that echo
taking you toward the resolution
again
and again
until
forms pass
and the essence remains
and until the essence dissipates
and all has been felt
all has been heard
nothing more is needed
not one more word.