we lie down to rest in the heat of the day <br />in a room cool and dark <br />on silken duvet <br /> <br />softly you breath inhaling my scent <br />your hand gently caressing the nape of my neck <br />i rest in your arms awaiting descent <br /> <br />kisses soft nestle <br />turn to nips on my ears <br />sighs turn to purring softly we wrestle <br /> <br />hair turns mane <br />hand to a paw <br />tooth to a fang <br />nails turn into claw <br /> <br />blue eyes furl tawny brown turn to amber <br />duvet to sand grass <br />breathing to growl and pant <br /> <br />the room melts away from us <br />mating comences <br />we wrestle in sand and rush <br /> <br />rough tongues and fang emerge <br />nips bites and claws impart <br />how feral the urge <br /> <br />heavy paw bats at a playful cub nose <br />need now sated we lie in the shade <br />our secret kept close <br />our new offspring made <br /> <br />no one must know <br />none would believe <br />what we both can achieve <br /> <br />animal chemistry springs up from afar <br />human to beast transformation so simple <br />changing back now to the people we are <br /> <br /> <br />mane back to hair <br />paw back to hand <br />fang back to tooth <br />claws fade to nail <br /> <br />your arm over my belly <br />my leg cross'd your thigh <br />and the feral cat love smell <br />hangs in the room heavy <br /> <br /> <br />silken duvet settles back down <br />cat love scents room now <br />we never expect when our bodies transform <br />panting to sighs again sleep settles your brow <br /> <br />when we wake tentative questions are asked <br />did you feel it this time how long did it last <br />the scent lingers on the coolness and.... <br />there on the duvet is a small mound of sand <br /> <br />tufts of fur <br />scent of cat <br />mound of sand <br />each one displaying <br />bite mark and scratch <br /> <br />we smile <br />knowing only we must know <br />of the serengeti love song<br /><br />minette irsay<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/serengeti-love-song/