A Kiss before Parting

Your shy approach and the spontaneity of that soft, soft kiss, and then the other,
Birthed hope enough to keep my heart forever a ‘flutter -
You shield your smoke’s flicker across which I’d whisper in mighty gales
To fan a flame to fuel a love for fairies’ tales.

If comfort at all in that moment in my arms you felt
Then quickly feel with me the bliss for which I’ve knelt;
For when a dreamer dreams so long of worlds away,
So likely in a trance alone he may insanely stay


Rlw
2004