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.