I’m lying face down on a white sheet in a room that smells of organic healing; sweet floral essences undercut with a deep, earthy pungency that I can’t place. The cotton under my body is high quality and slightly rough against my cheek. Now that I’m lying down I can’t help wishing I’d felt self-conscious enough to keep the towel around my waist; something about being naked in front of a near-stranger has made my inner thighs just a little slippery.
He has such small hands for a man, smooth with clipped, clean nails (I checked). The skin is fine with the delicate, translucent quality of a macrobiotic vegan and there’s tell-tale yellow staining on the index and middle fingers.
As he begins his work with long, strong strokes along my back and flanks, I’m amazed by the strength in those fingers, the deftness, the nuances of contact. The tenderness of the touch is offset by a clinical methodology that reassures me of how well he knows what he’s doing. I close my eyes and let everything go, surrender to the rhythm of kneading and squeezing, the pressure soothing and the pain refreshing in its honesty. I melt into a warm, messy mental fuzziness. This is delicious. There are words jumbling through my befuddled skull that mean nothing to me; siramatrika, ansa phalak, kukundaraya, it’s all beyond me. What’s a marma? I haven’t the foggiest but whatever he’s doing to them, it’s goddamn working.
There’s something distinctly unprofessional about your touch I think to him. It’s true, and I’m loving it. I came here to be touched in a healing capacity, without intimacy, but to my surprise I’m finding it’s hard to restrain myself from sighing with a different sort of enjoyment. There’s such kindness in the motion of his hands. I feel tuned like a fine instrument. I’m refreshed.
Selkie
Oh wow…this is so sensual and intense. I live with two massage therapists and i know whereof you speak…but never wrote about it…goddamn, girl. :)
Astoreth
I so know what you mean. xx
Genevieve Robey
ooooh … wonderful writing indeed …
natapee
hmmm I go for a massage every week. So indulgent but I cannot help myself!!!
Yasemin Sumner
I love the detail in this. You show just the right things.
Holly Ringland
i adore this feeling and i can’t believe how well you’ve translated the kindness and care and warmth of a stranger’s touch, of a massage, into words. melty transporting writing…
Peter Searle (...
Beautifully written!
nnimus3 replied
I’m glad you like it… I’ve just been enjoying your paintings!
rubyjo
lovely imagery, add some hot stones and i am in heaven.
PJ Ryan
yes. beautifully descriptive and you had me on every word.
Sarafeline
Hot and so soothing at the same time I have to favorite this one exquisite.
Sara.x.
TheWanderingBoo
beautiful imagery, such a soothing and sensual piece of writing
Kassandra Pino
I can picture this perfectly, nice work!
Cassey
You have taken something fairly routine to many and turned it into something sublime. Absolutely beautiful writing.
Meliza Celeridad
Very awesome!
LindaR
your have the gift of what fine writers always deliver ~ enabling the experience ~ you’ve gave that from the first threads of white cotton ~ in scent and feel ~ right through to the inner experience/dialog ~ what a treat for my morning xx
Leeandmadison
I could feel Healing hands through the screen, wonderful.
EarthBoundLuv
I love the sensuality flowing through your words. Lovely piece!
moonlit6echo
my back is always going out of place so im always going to a chiropractor.never been to a massage therapist sorry.but i can slightly connect.nice writing
KNGodin
Well done – you’ve captured the ambiguity of therapeutic touch…so much is conveyed and experienced without a word being spoken. I practiced (and received) massage therapy for many years. It’s interesting to hear it from this perspective. :)
Mark Ramstead
A well drawn line, with him dancing on either side of it… as men should… ; )
Jason Clinton
Very very very nice. :)
aaeiinnn
marks comment ’..well drawn lline…’ is so true
your less is definitely more
Thomas Simunsen
mmm….I let my girlfriend go for a massage about twice a month. I will take a bit more notice of her smile upon return! This should be re titled secret womans business as all the female replies have a nod and a wink….....
NCOFFEY2008
bravo
jennaloke
i second the bravo! :-D
GODofNEON
Find myself getting lost in the room…
darkwhispers
beautifully written : ) It make’s me want a massage
wingsoffire
I love your description in this heartpounding piece