Zenzizenzizenzic Pleasure

"Yes, in this stage of your adulthood,

you are seeking intimacy through conversation,"

my therapist stated rather matter-of-factly.

"Craving connection through words,

your chest rises with hopeful breath and longing.

Your revelation hits you as you discover,

you were born for intimacy.

Yes, you were born to share all of your thoughts,

your ebbing willpower and your illuminating emotions with someone...

...with someone who would treasure every little whisper of vulnerability,

with someone who would love your unlovable, unfurnished parts.

You dream of nourishing someone's soul, in a zenzizenzizenzic way... to the eighth power of their pleasurable delight."

I shook my head at my therapist's, rather long, monologue. "You lost me with the word with all the 'z's..."