History, Tankards and Sex
I lay down, focusing on my breathing, a question in my mind. I'd just talked to my first "love" again, for the first time in fourteen years. The connection was still there and we talked for hours like no time had passed. In my mind, two large tankards made of wood appeared. Carved with faces. The cups, alive, neared each other and as they touched liquid sloshed from one cup to the other, back and forth. I remember laying on his floor, his fingers playing with my hair or stroking my wrist, my palm, our fingers interlocking. Our hands weaved in a dance playing with the light from the window, at the time I remember thinking it was beautiful. His sensual touch ignited my skin. I felt crazed. My body hummed violently. I would explode if I didn't get closer to him. So many years later his voice on the phone brought the memories rushing back and I missed him. I hadn't missed him in a long long time. Confused and disoriented by a connection I'd thought long...