We live in a consumer based society in which things that are not new or technologically cutting edge are thought of as being outdated and out of fashion. Yet, when it comes to our inner emotional world, meaning and significance is created and maintained by a person or thing having an enduring role and consistency in our life and personal history.

The Pleasure of Your Embrace is a song which celebrates the experience and journey of life. The richness of each experience is maximized by its being felt and processed sensorially as well as its being incorporated into the context of my past history. While my self-conscious ego finds meaning in life by bearing witness to and savoring all that I experience, so to is my life enriched by all that I share with others.

Every event in life no matter how powerful or pleasurable on its own only acquires meaning through being incorporated into the vast context of my life history. Those emotions and experiences which fail to be integrated into my life remain fleeting and transitory.

When younger my desire for passion and sexual intimacy was highly dominated by hormones, a desire to feel viscerally connected. Yet, now after over thirty years of marriage, though my hormonal desire has subsided, my desire for passion still remains. My desire to maximize the moment through being intimate with Dayna physically, emotionally and sensorially is just as strong as ever.

While the thrill of the novel and the new still can be intoxicating, when it comes to intimate relationships the new pales in comparison to a relationship with history and familiarity. Dayna often says, "I am glad that you are part of my life". While I agree with that sentiment I sometimes feel it is more accurate for me to say that "I'm glad to be part of our life".

Though our hormones have waned and our bodies have long passed their visual peaks.......
I can’t imagine another body
My hands would rather touch
or my arms would rather hold

The new and the novel can never compete with the depth forged by years of pleasure, wisdom and intimacy. An intimate relationship never needs to become static of a relic of the past, for each and every day the bond can strengthen making each passionate moment a cherished link in the chain of our sensorial and emotional ecstasy.

I walk about in a state of bliss
The endless joy of making sense of all this
I want to feel the pleasure of your embrace
Be your comfort everyday