truth

Tongue twisting sweetness -
Like the tartness and tang and bite of first love…

When everything is new,
exciting,
gloriously adventurous.

When all the little details,
a touch to a lingered kiss of flesh on flesh,

pinches

sweet

come in turns
like “duck duck goose”.

When everything changes
from young to knowing,
the growth of the soul,
new to experienced,
the growth of carnal complications.

Love becomes a bittersweet twist of the tongue.