When I kiss you I experience beautiful things in life,
the moment your lips touch mine,
vivid pictures & motions pass through my mind.
Our lips collide, my eye close,
a budding flower,
unfolding petals of a rose.
Melting chocolate on my tongue,
strawberries splashed in cream that runs,
the bright red fruit merges with setting sun.
The chill of the ocean breeze,
chattering teeth, quivering knees,
gently rippling waves of the seas.
A treasure chest brimming with love I find,
a pulsing heart on the sands of time,
but no key, not a sign of any kind.
Just then as the sun dips into the sea,
in its shimmering light I spy a crystal key,
dangling blindingly from a lonely palm tree.
Splitting swords of invisible light,
from the sun's diminishing angle and height,
forming vibrant colours of a rainbow,
projected and dancing on the sands below.
A rusty lock on the chest I see,
the key turns with some difficulty,
with open lid and surprise,
intense brightness floods my eyes,
into the chest I dive,
When I emerge I am in your bed and at your side.
Your naked body soft and warm,
I embrace you through the break of dawn,
as I wake from waning twilight,
to these rays of colour so bright,
sunrise floods in an orangey hue,
from window that it shines through.
I cannot believe what I've seen,
too real this journey to be a dream,
in stillness, silence and vanished night,
particles hover in peering shards of morning light.
I watch in wonder your radiant glow,
wisps of wild hair splayed upon your pillow,
I hark the quietness of your breath that flows.
Then I come to realise this,
you planted seeds of life into your kiss,
to grow a memory of love in my mind,
for when I am old, faded and blind,
this a vision I will alway see,
through time and space, for eternity.
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