With Wild Abandonment

Sometimes I just like to write. This is one of those times...

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He glanced at her from across the room. Her eyes instantly locked with his and did not want to let go. His stare filled her with an incredible amount of warmth, and left her feeling vulnerable and innocent. She could feel his eyes caressing her and surrounding her. She wrapped her arms around her body, and she just held herself.

Her body began to sway slightly to the music that was playing at the party. It was an old-fashioned love song that she had heard a thousand times, and sang to herself a thousand and one times.

It was her favorite.

He watched her sway to the music. Her body, lithe and fluid, rocked effortlessly and exuded an intensity that he wished to surround himself with. He loved her, and he didn't even know her name.

He walked over to her and extended his hand to her. She stared at his hand, afraid to touch it out of fear that the electricity he would exude would overwhelm her. She watched his fingers shake as they extended themselves to her. It endeared him to her.

She placed her hand hesitantly into his. His fingers curled around her own and led her onto the dance floor. She looked up at him and smiled the sweetest and warmest smile he had ever encountered.

He slipped a hand around her waist, palm sliding against the smooth silk of her dress. He could feel the warmth of her skin beneath her dress, and it excited him. He had never felt like this about anyone during his lifetime.

She grabbed his other hand and held onto it. Together they danced. Their bodies moving in perfect rhythm as if they had danced a thousand times together. It was the perfect union.

Their bodies instinctively moved closer until they were pressed together. He pressed her hand against his chest, and she felt his heart racing. The beating of his heart seem to echo her own, as she could feel it in the base of her throat.

The music played on, and their bodies continued to move. Her heart was lost, as was his. Everything around them ceased to exist. The only thing that existed in his world was her. The only thing that existed in her world was him.

Strains of "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" broke through their reverie, and their bodies stopped moving. He trailed his fingers down the side of her face and absorbed the love he felt radiating from behind her long eyelashes. His fingertips rested, for just a moment, against the fullness of her lips and she pursed her lips slightly to kiss them.

Neither spoke a word as the music ended. Neither made a gesture to move. All that mattered was the wonderment they found in each others eyes. All that mattered was this moment.

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There are times when a person needs to experience what they long for, even while knowing the experience will be brief.   For even if the moment lasts but mere seconds, it will create memories that will last a lifetime.  These memories can be relived and emotions can be revisited.  

Relish in the now.  

Absorb it.  

The moment may never again present itself again.

Grasp it.  

Now.