I know when you come in
You have a way of breathing
It gives you away every time.
Even when you try and surprise me
I smell you, the lavender soap,
The soft powder on your skin.
I love the feel of your arms,
They enfold me, ensnare me
I ask for no more than your love.
Your touch, inflames me
Awakens my senses
For then I truly see you.
Written for: http://dversepoets.com/2014/03/13/meetingthebar-the-blind-poet/
Morpethroad 
smiles…and love allows us to see them in ways little else does…
i can def tell when the one i care for enters the room…
the way they breathe…smiles….now that is knowing them…
Thanks Brian you are so right there are many ways, you don’t always need eyes.
Sometimes a person can ‘see’ much more through touch than through one’s eyes. And more thn that, a person can feeI! I like your presentation here, Michael.
Thank you so much Mary. I appreciate you reading and commenting. Have a good evening.
Yes, sometimes things seem to become more real when touched.
Thank you Linda they certainly do. Thanks for the comment please call again.
very sensual – the awakening before the crescendo
Thank you so much. I do appreciate your comment and I do enjoy the work I read on your blog.
and how pleasurable is it with eyes closed to know that ‘someone’ is there, by their touch and smell alone – a sensual write and a very interesting photo to go with it.
Thank you Jenny it’s an interesting exercise to consider not being able to see a loved one.
yes but the excitement can certainly build just with the anticipation… 🙂
Without a doubt….great excitement can be generated.
nice… smell is such an intimate additional dimension… knowing the one you love by their smell… i do as well…
Thanks Claudia I also think it is an important sense to use. Some folk always smell better than others.
Nice and so wholey sensuous! Love reading this!
Oh thank you Georgia, I am happy you enjoyed it.
I did…and very much 🙂
I enjoyed reading what this blind poet can smell and feel!
Thank you Gabriella our senses can be as they imply sensual. Have a good day.
Oh yes – I love how you see through your senses here, not depending on sight – very intimate and beautiful.
Thank you Abhra that’s a lovely comment.
Wow. I’m blinded by that picture.
Ha I thought it might add a visual to a non visual poem. Thanks for reading.
Lovely…Soft, sensual, ahhh…
Thank you RoSy it must be the romantic in me drives me to such conclusions.
This is so much power in the sense of smell to elicit both feeling and memories.
Thank you Victoria that’s a lovely comment. Thank you.
What a photo – definitely managed cubism! Yes this is a sensuous as much as sensual love poem – the familiar language creates a place of love and comfort and safety.
Thank you Gay, you take away sight and all sorts of sensual factors come into play. Thank you for your comment.
Beautiful words of the knowing of love – and yes very sensual. Lovely.
Anna :o]
Thanks Anna, I guess it’s the point of using our senses we create sensual pieces. Thanks I liked your comment.
Ah.. that climax.. when you truly see you.. a little be like the biblical way of “knowing” your love…
Ha Bjorn biblical it can be in a number of ways. Thank you so much I always enjoy your comments.
Really nice sensual poem Michael. I like it a lot! Makes one want to close the eyes and just ‘feel’.
Thanks Jackie I always appreciate your comments.
Intimate, erotic, real. Tastefully done.
Thank you so much Dawn. Happy you saw it that way.
Wow. Super sensual– well – paced. Thanks. K.
Thank you so much glad you thought so. Please call again.
yes knowing someone can be a very delicate thing
the essence of someone
Thank you Lucy lovely accurate comment.
So sensual and tasteful. I enjoyed reading this. I must say the sense of smell is intense for me too, and I am aware of how others’ breathing sounds like as well… smiles. Well done.
Thank you so much Lila, I appreciate your reading my work. I always enjoy seeing readers connect with what I have written.