Author: Bethany Leader
When two writers make love,
They get oh so much more than they bargained for.
When they finally decide to let one another in,
They will be doing so much more than this-
When two writers make love,
They do it for the same simple reason that they must write,
To create a world
That’s
Oh so much better
Than the one they were given.
They will disappear into each other’s flesh
The way you disappear into you favorite books,
The kind you can never put down,
Even when it’s over-
Oh it will never be over-
Even after the book is closed,
And their bodies retreat back into their covers,
Their touch will still linger.
You will feel them in every chapter of your skin.
The way they made their way
Through every word your body has ever produced-You will feel the way your spines bent
to make room for one another,
Even after they must straighten themselves against the shelves-
You will read each other
And feel each other reading,
over
And over
And over-
Again.
For when two writers make love,
They can never stop~
Oh they wouldn’t even begin to know how to.
It would be like asking a writer to stop writing-
A reader to stop reading-
There’s no way
Of taking them apart-
Even after you’re apart~
A brush against your paperback skin
Can bring everything back-
The way their kiss reverberated your bones
Like the sweetest alliteration
The way their hands sent shivers through your stanzas
When two writers make love
There’s no such thing as going back.
So be mindful of who you give your words to.
You never know where they may take you~
And what may happen to them in the process.