About Learning to Love Sex

I was used to
Giving my body
As a sacrifice
To my lover’s will
As if that was
The price to pay
When you want
To be loved
As if opening your legs
and shutting your eyes tight
and biting your tongue
and waiting till he’s done
Is a woman’s duty
But then I met her
And suddenly being touched
Didn’t feel like
Hoping it will be over soon
But felt like
Hoping it would never end
Because her embrace
Her fingers between my legs
Her lips on my neck
Didn’t taste like anxiety
But like pure ecstasy
And she didn’t make me feel
Like a sacrifice
But like a gift.

-Alisha Soraya