Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by you can spend the night beside her
And you know shes half crazy but thats why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength and lets the river answer
That youve always been her lover.

Silence was prevalent…there was no need for talk. Tina had small morsels of foodsavoring the concoction her Bette slaved all evening on. Bette tasted the sauce…savoring the spicy flavor…and kept glancing over in the corner of her eye a T. she felt safefor the first time in agesshe felt safe in her homesafe with her T. She took a sip of wine and glanced againthis time T was looking at herneither looked away..the song came to the end

Now Suzanne takes you hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From salvation army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbor
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For shes touched your perfect body with her mind

Their food forgotten Bette held Ts hand…looked into her eyes and softly, barely above a whisper, .im ready TI feel safeTs tears fell down like rainit felt so good to hear Bette say those words. Any hard feelings were gonethey had no room for this moment, their moment. For this space of time there was only room for them and nothing else. Pushing her chair back Bette leaned down and kissed each tear awayand still holding onto her hand Bette led T down the hall. As they entered the bedroom the music faded and they could each other breathingsuddenly both were nervousit almostalmost felt like the first time. Awkwardly they undressed and Bette slipped under the coversshe opened the blanket and Tina got in also. Side by side Bette rested her head on her armTinalooked at her smiled. Bette then placed her hand on Tinas stomach and moved it I circles, rubbing Ts stomach warmly. She leaned closer and kissed the top of her lip, then lower until they were both hungrily kissing each otherthey shared the liquid of their mouths and tasted each others breath. Bette rested her thigh on Tinas and felt her beloveds sternum and *****, she felt T gasp as Bette moved her hand further and for the first time in agesagesshe entered T. Bette felt Tina gasp and Bette kissed her foreheadshe watched herstood on guard while Tina writhed and moved fasterBette opened her further and went deeper. The night spread to all corners of their bedroom and their breathing filled the airthere was nothing else but themit was like they were the only people on earth. As Tina came closer her hands held onto Bettes shoulder then her hair then the blanket then herself then the airshe could not seem to grip onto anythingand as she climaxed Bette kissed her and caught her breath as it breathed out her satisfactionher happiness. For awhile they just lay therebasking in the darkness where they could only see each other by touchBette held onto Tinas hands and touched herself with themthis was her Tthis was her Tdaddy did not even enter her mindeverything tense between them had no place in this special time of theirs. Eventually Tina placed Bette on her back. And she kissed every single place on Bettes bodyall the while whispering to her that this was herthis was love. She tasted under her arms and breathed in Bettes own unique scent. She kissed each delicate ridge on Bettes back; she traced her hipbone and tasted her hard nipples. She came lower and looking upseeing Bettes eyes closedalmost high on euphoriashe went there. With Bettes hands in her hair Tina came close to pushing Bette off the edgeoff the edge into an oblivion of blissBette arched her back and almost locked her jaw in silent pleasure.finally she came with a soband when Tina came up they drank from each other Bette tasted herself in Tinas mouth and Tina leaned into her wifes body..and they lay there.time was stoppedand as their sweat cooled their resting bodies Bette thought this was what all those poets wrote abouttheir verses dripped in this feeling countless others sharedBette understood now how people died for each other out of love.

.this is what matteredand nothing could ever take that away.