What's in a Name Three
She knows: He knows how she feels about his name.
She loves the way it feels in her mouth.
Sibilant fricative
Pop-like plosive
Open vowel almost a sigh
Concluding plosive
- a Consonant nearly voiced twice
She never tires of feeling it – saying it.
She will say it, and he will respond – with stillness, with movement; with silence, with words.
If she shouts it, he will tense – alert, prepared.
If she says it in a crowded room, his head will turn, his eyes meet hers.
She knows she can whisper it once, in the dark - he will hear and reach for her.
She can say it as a murmur and imagine it reaching his ear…
… as a gasp, and he will still.
She moans it, and his breath grows ragged…
… a groan, and his lips will part.
His name is powerful: A prayer, an incantation, a demand.
He knows how she feels about his name.
She loves the way it feels filling her mouth - like him: Alien and beautiful.
When he speaks her name, it is a caress.
When she says his?
Well.
It may be oral. It may be interpersonal.
But it's still self-gratification.
Oh, yes: He knows she loves his name.
