The instance in which
I’d be
a femme couverte is never
except
lying encompassed and entangled
with you
My existence is not denied me
but shared
strengthened
admired and gratified as I yours and
you
Your weight upon mine
is not one of chains and bars
but liberation
Hand upon my hip
does not hinder
mouth over mine does not silence
femme couverte I will never
as
Two does not become one
but two
becoming more than two- more than myself alone
less neither in number nor quality
Growing, not dwindling, and never less than
Cover me then
cover me
but femme couverte I will not