It Was Just a Kiss
A kiss is the juxtaposition of two orbicular oris muscles in the state of contraction, if you are a physician. If you are a mathematician, a kiss is two divided by nothing. I have also heard it said that a kiss is the contraction of the mouth due to the expansion of the heart. That one was from a physicist.
But if you are a poet, ah, a kiss is so much more than that.
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IT WAS JUST A KISS
It was just a kiss.
How was I to know it would drop me
into madness,
compulsion,
fervor?
So simple an act.
Coming together for a slice of time,
yet I am bound -
a prisoner -
trapped.
Lives intersected,
The heart’s addition of one plus one
equaling merely one.
Catalyst of
rebirth.
My mouth knows hunger,
having tasted of heaven’s banquet,
unsatisfied
with earthly
desserts.
A life completed
is now dependent on another.
it wasn’t Magic.
It was just
a kiss.
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Shared with those liplocked folks over at DVerse Poets.
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©2009 Christopher Reilley
©2009 Christopher Reilley
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This is spellbindingly beautiful — captivating! Wonderful Chris… 🙂✌🏼
ReplyDeleteIt’s never just a kiss as far as I’m concerned, Chris, and your poem proves it! I don’t know anyone who wasn’t dropped into ‘madness, compulsion, fervor’, if only for a moment. It might seem a simple act to some, but for others it is nigh on impossible, but when it happens, it’s something to write in a poem.
ReplyDeleteI think you prove to yourself that a kiss is so much more than meet the lips.
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely splendid!! I resonate with; "My mouth knows hunger, having tasted of heaven’s banquet." 💜💜
ReplyDeleteLove reading specially this part:
ReplyDeleteMy mouth knows hunger,
having tasted of heaven’s banquet,
unsatisfied
with earthly
desserts.
"So simple an act.
ReplyDeleteComing together for a slice of time,"
Oh Wow!!!!
Much❤love
Love your definition of a kiss, especially the 1+1=1 so romantic!! 💘
ReplyDeleteDamn!!! You had me laughing & crying at the same time. Quite a punch of reality. Very nicely done!
ReplyDeletePat
Damn! So full of passion. Really hits you, what just a KISS can do to people.
ReplyDelete"My mouth knows hunger,
ReplyDeletehaving tasted of heaven’s banquet..."
"t was just
a kiss..."
Just a kiss? Ooooh - not when it's that good! Nice!