MAKING LOVE? Another Look at Intimacy

	Is love like a loaf of bread
	that's baked, sliced, & eaten –
	or more like the air we breathe?

	What's it mean to "make love"?

	Is it something happening on pillows
	as beads of sweat roll off flesh –
	or perhaps a quiet rapture arising
	when we notice more 
	& move less?

	Why can't we make love to sunlight
	or galaxies far away?

	Can't we achieve intimacy with oaks
	or oneness with candle flames?

	Those believing love happens
	only below the crotch
	might be happier by bringing
	their focus up a notch.


Miok:  Do you think many people conflate sex and love?

Kasim: (scratching his head) The word "love" has so many different meanings. 
       I'm unsure what the author actually means.

Tim:   Perhaps what we are really looking for is intimacy. Physical intimacy is one level. 
       However, there are also much deeper levels. 


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from Heart Scenes: Emotional Landscapes via Art, Poetry, & Prose by T Newfields
Summary:  Some thoughts about sex, human intimacy, and joy.
Keywords: sublimating libidinal desire, human attachment, human sexual activity, 
          the micro-politics of desire, love poetry

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 1983 in Renton, WA, USA ☆ Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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