Alec's POV
"Ready?"
"Do I look ready?" Magnus was leaning very close to the mirror in our bathroom, closing his right eye and penciling on dark eye-liner. He was wearing fitted black slacks and a purple button up silk shirt, which was currently un-tucked. He had already spiked his thick hair at impossible angles.
"Well " I started, but knew it didn't matter whether I finished my sentence or not. Apparently he was not yet ready for our night in Venice (though I wasn't so sure that I was ready, either).
Without my consent, Magnus had decided I was going to wear black slacks, a white dress shirt, and a buttoned black vest. And so I was.
I embrace the purity
of my naked body
and shamelessly
awaken the flower
of sensuality
which blossoms
within me.
The pleasures
of the flesh
is a Goddess given
gift, to draw us
closer to the divine
within the unity
of two bodies
in passions
throes.
It is an act
of innocence
to be as nature
intended and live
free with our inner
desires, not to be
shunned as a
curse.
I gaze deep
within my soul
to the darkness therein lies
but I do not shudder
in fear and guilt
but I see its beauty
for this too is human
and Goddess given.
Let us rejoice
and live in harmony
with ourselves
and embrace in gratitude
the k