Enthusiastic Consent

A man's perspective on a romantic view of consent

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Words of requested consent
Leave the Male Warrior’s lips
They swirl around
They dance and touch the female warrior's hips
They tease and taunt and make the rounds

She feels them tingle
She feels them slide
She sees them fall
To her feet by her side

She considers the male warrior
Breathe on the words with more love
More words of consent
Breathed on the ones on the floor

They spark up like a phoenix after death
Multiple into thousands
Swirling around smelling luscious
With each of his breaths

She gasps as she watches
The words chanted over and over
They swirl around her ankles
Her feet and her toes

She whispers, “Yes, my love
You may continue on your path.”
Then she feels them work up
Her calves and start to tingle her thighs