So lovely

So lovely, so fierce
Dulcet tones of a lioness purring
And I wonder…
Can I make you growl?

If I bit the back of your neck…
Would you show me your belly?
If I were your Amazon,
Would you be my totem, my tigress?

I crouch silently at the water’s edge.
Come to me.

-- Clifton, AZ 06/15/2009