A First Kiss

Dedicated to a certain darling someone.

I'm not quite sure
Exactly what to say
To let you know the way I feel.
I want you to know
How you've changed my life
How you've altered my world,
But I don't know
Quite how to say
That my heart pounds
When you are near
Yet it stills
And I am at peace.
How do I say
That when you touched me
My whole world
Suddenly blazed.
My skin tingled
And my breath caught
As though your touch
Might truly kill me.
And yet I smiled,
And I was happy
Happier than I've ever been.
And when you kissed me
As though nothing more mattered,
I was pretty
I was special
Summer and winter
Convened as one,
Glorious under the lamplight
Of a cool autumn night.
The world sleeps.
All but two...
And we who rest not
Have a very good reason.
We are together
And such is the only
Reason we need
Or desire.
Your arms hold me close
And I can feel your heartbeat
As surely you can mine.
And as I stand very tall,
And my lips brush your cheek,
I feel alive
Yet I can't breathe
And the moon comes out
And you kiss me back.
Heaven and hell have met in this embrace.
And I know, somehow,
My life,
My joy,
My dreams...

Will never be the same.

~ 10/21/08