People use the expression "making love" as an equivalent for having sex, sleeping with someone, or any of the other phrases out there. But they're not interchangeable.
To me, to make love is to use your body in a unique sexual way to show someone what you feel for them... translating your love for them into deliberate physical acts, using your body as a vehicle for your passion and deep emotions. By revering their body with yours, it is silent symbolism for what is in your heart. While you are bringing them delicious pleasure, you are echoing the pleasure that they bring into your life, their song that fills your mind, and the love that swells your heart. It is the surest, sweetest way of saying "I love you", with actions instead of words.
And, yes baby, I love you. Distance and circumstance prevent me from doing much more than saying the words... but I want to tell you how I imagine making love to you, oh so often, leaving no doubt in your mind how you are cherished.
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From the start, I want you to feel pampered, so I draw you a steamy bath, laced with rich Italian oils. It feels incredibly intimate to wash your short hair for you, then dry you off with a huge thirsty towel. You are cuddly and warm, almost purring as I wrap you in your thick robe. I plant a light kiss at the back of your neck, and lead you to your bed, lit softly by the cluster of candles on the low table.
You have a lush, exciting body that you are proud of, yet you can be shy in revealing its secrets. That is just fine, because we have all the time in the world, and I have no reason to hurry. You stretch out like a cat, flexing your limbs and feeling the heat of the bath still on them. I slip the robe from you, and ease you onto your stomach. Your arms clasp the pillow under your head, and I can see in your profile a drowsy, satisfied smile on your lips. Your blue eyes are closed in blissful relaxation.
Your body is warm, flushed and slightly damp from the bath, and the lingering smell of the oils is combining with your unique scent. I whisper a tiny kiss onto the small of your back, and inhale the fresh smell of your skin. I stop to savor the moment, admiring your stunning beauty. I have enjoyed this sight before, but this time is like the first, and I am in awe. You feel my gaze upon you, and open your eyes to give me a knowing look. I am trembling as I wonder at the gift that I have before me, and this gives me more determination to leave you no doubt of my feelings.
Even when you are relaxed, you have that one spot in your shoulder that is the last place to loosen up, so I begin my homage to you there. I knead the knot, gently, firmly, until I feel it begin to yield. I move my attention to your other shoulder, then your slender neck, massaging, stroking, as your head lolls on the pillow and tiny sighs escape your parted lips.
Your back is lovely, tapering from your strong shoulders to your impossibly small waist. I trace your spine with my fingertips, then return to run my palms down the smooth muscles on either side of it. I stroke your back, letting my hands revel in the deep curve at the base of your spine where it rises to meet your ass.
It's hard to resist moving on to your ass now; the flare of your hips and your firm cheeks beg attention. Moving with long, sure strokes, I follow the delicious path from your back to your butt, feeling the firm muscles under my hands. Ever so slightly, you raise your hips against the pressure of my hands. I grin goofily at this sure sign that you are enjoying what I am doing for you.
You toil so hard to achieve those strong, slender legs that you have, and they are next in my path. Your legs are those of a younger woman... lean, firm and unmarred. I work on the long muscles in your thighs, rhythmically sliding my palms up then down them, pressing hard to ease any tension still in them. I stop for a moment at the back of your knees, and lean down to give a lingering lick at that delicate spot. Your response is to part your legs, ever so slightly, and this gives me a tantalizing vantage point. Soft, curly hair the color of maple peaks out between your thighs.
It is an invitation, and I will be taking it soon, but I will not rush this. Time has no power over my passion for you.
Placing one last kiss on the tender back of your knee, I move on to your shapely calves and petite feet. You have the tiniest feet, despite what you think! You are a little ticklish, so I use a steady hand to grasp one small foot and knead it, then give equal attention to the other. Your wriggling toes are painted a fire engine red, and the rest of your foot reflects the unfailing way that you take care of yourself. Your toes are now pointed in anticipation of what is next; you sense that we are starting a new page.
With gentle urging, I turn you onto your back, your arms flung carelessly on the pillow that your head is resting on. You look peaceful and beautiful, eyes still genty closed. I am so tuned to you that I can discern an electricity building, a faint tensing in your body, and the small shudder that ripples across your flat belly. There is a light flush in your cheeks, a steady pulse at your throat, and a slight hardening of your delicate pink nipples.
I suddenly need to connect with you ... I need to see, in your eyes, that you truly understand what I am saying to you... So I place my palm gently on your cheek, and you open your eyes to look into mine with trust. You smile up at me, then lazily shut your eyes again. The message that is traded in that brief exchange is all it takes for me to go on.
Feeling so much tenderness for you, I smooth your unruly hair back from your forehead. I am admiring the planes of your face, the long lashes laying against your cheeks, and your sweet mouth. There is no doubt that you are not a young girl, yet every faint line is testament to the living that you have done and the lessons that you have learned. I want to kiss your mouth, now, but it would break this spell that I am weaving, so instead I brush my lips across your forehead, before moving on with my journey.
Your face fascinates me, and I take another moment to run my fingertips over your bones, like a blind person exploring. I slide down your jaw to your throat, and delight at the insistent pulsing under my touch. Your shoulders are now slack with relaxation, and I only skim them on my way to your arms. Those perfect arms, sculped yet utterly feminine, ending with your tiny hands. As much as your face fascinates me, your hands enthrall me. They are child-sized, and provide such a contrast to the rest of your image, that of a devastating woman. Your pretty french manicure and expensive rings remind me of a little girl playing dress-up. I enfold your hands in mine, marvelling at how they are eclipsed.
Lightly tracing the route back to your shoulders, I now turn my attention to the rest of the tableau laid out before me. There is a popular song that says "Your body is a wonderland", and I have always associated that with you. So many mysteries in it, so many stories to be told by it...