Hymn #2 By Eric Bennet

She lifts her skirt

and my hymn begins.

Our holy harmony

sings itself in lips, thighs

and blessed hips.

We hum our doxology

with eyes closed

feeling the divine

in the slow rhythm

of our sacred sex.

“Sweet Jesus,” she croons.

I bow my head

and whisper, “Hallelujah.”

Amen.

Eric Bennett is the Dean of Students at the King’s College and lives in New York with his wife and four children. He loves trees without leaves, the silence between songs on vinyl records, and beginning sentences with the word “and.”