Flesh / by Azara Meghie

If I touch you here…do you feel a man or a woman?

If I rub our skins together…do you feel a person or flesh?

When you feel my skin…do you imagine the rest of my body?

If I squeeze you…do you feel pleasure or pain?

When you feel my squeeze…do you assess my dominance by the tightness of my grip?

If I poke you like this…do you feel masculinity or femininity?

When you feel me poke you…do you hesitate because you are unclear of the intention?                                                                                                                                    

If I brush your hair back…do you feel nurture or nature?

When you feel my stroke…do you construct ideas of games I used to play as a child?

If I embrace your whole body when we hug…do you feel chemistry?

When you feel my hips during our embrace…do you arouse questions of my gender?

If I kiss you like this…do you feel at ease or disappointment?

When you feel my lips…do you think their tenderness beacons for passion?

If I hold your hand…do you feel like the protector or the protected?

When you feel the creases of my palm…do you manifest my physical labours?

If I stand close to your face…do feel intimacy or intrusion?

When you acknowledge my presence before you…do you want to size up and assess me as a physical challenge?

If I look into your eyes…do you see happiness or sorrow?

When you connect our gaze…do you gamble with who will look away first?

If I smell musky…do you feel suffocated or encompassed? 

When you smell me…do you question who it would attract?

If I speak to you in this tone…do you feel passive aggression or authority?

When you hear my voice…do you imagine it resonating into your ear through a melodic tune?

If I question you like this…do you feel to question your sexuality or assert it?

When you try to answer these questions…do you think about my gender or my personality?

If I give you a piece of my flesh…do you hold a man or a woman?

When you hold my flesh…do you think it defines who I am?

If you smell a piece of my flesh…do you smell a man or a woman?

When you smell a piece of my flesh…do you think it defines who I am?

If you taste a piece of my flesh…do you taste a man or a woman?

When you taste my flesh…do you think it defines who I am?

If I…do you feel a man or a woman?

When you…do you think it defines who I am?

Does my flesh define who I am?