The shape of your lover’s body

Kwame said that the shape of your lover’s body

has nothing to do with the pleasure it gives

That all that matters is the brightness of the fire it sets in your heart 

That love is indefinite in shape and can never be contained

He told me about his lover’s chest

 broad and flat but bursting at the seams with love

About the sturdiness of his belly and the strength of his thrusts

Then he sighed and gave thanks for the body that has become bread

Kwame said that his lover’s lips reminded him of God

Of love and creation and power and grace

when his vows slipped out and gave life to a rainforest of joy in his heart

He said that love does not have to have a womb before it creates

That heaven is best with his lover by his side

Mbaeze Nnedinma is a writer. She is a taciturn and happy soul.