Requiem for a Kiss
That first time
when our lips first met
it seemed as if
they would stay
together,
smashed between us
forever.
Stuck on each other
like love-bugs
on a windshield.
*****
We undressed each other
with lips pressed,
smeared,
wet and
wanton
as if the electricity that powered
our mutual seduction
was conducted solely through our mouths,
lips and tongue
so that we dared not break contact
or loose continuity.
*****
Once engaged and coupled,
our mouths explored
each other’s
neck,
ears,
and face.
Eyes closed,
then
eyes half-opened,
dreamily exploring
the visual landscape
of this new frontier
we had conquered
and claimed
together.
Then eyes wide open
staring deeply,
falling through
each other’s pupils
that engulfed each other
as we jumped
into the volcano,
vaporized;
falling and burrowing
ever deeper
down the rabbit hole
with no way back
and no desire to find
our way home backwards
as we knew this was
exactly where we wanted to be,
forever falling.
*****
I miss
that kiss.
*****
We’ve been down that way
a few times since,
but there can be only one
first time.
Nuestro primer beso.
私たちの最初のキス
Notre premier baiser.
Il nostro primo bacio.
. הנשיקה הראשונה שלנו
لدينا أول قبله
наш первый поцелуй
(Our First Kiss.)
Now is the time to discover
all the new places
in each of us
we’ve overlooked
for too long.
Dare to be.
Dare to acknowledge.
Dare to accept.
Dare to provoke
all the others
we can be
into action,
into being
from out of banishment
and hibernation
from
out of the light and into the darkness.
and out of the darkness into the light
Phantom lovers we can be
to someone we have never
known before
‘though we have been there
all along.
*****
A million new
First Kisses
dwell inside of each of us
if we but set aside
the paradigms of clichés
we have
spun together
and trust
we shall always
meet again
as us,
only different.
My forever lover.
My forever friend.
June 15, 2014 at 1:54 am
❤
June 18, 2014 at 1:33 am
You are never ending – a rare thing.
June 18, 2014 at 7:30 am
I’m an incurable romantic….and I love to kiss. I figured I owed my readers something to balance “The Snowball Fight”
XO,
Chazz
June 18, 2014 at 7:42 pm
Lucky Suki…and I’m glad you balanced it all out. The world feels nice now.
June 19, 2014 at 8:35 am
It never ends, Jayne…lucky me.
XO,
Chazz