August 8, 2019Poem

Bring me a kiss

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Bring me a kiss

Tender as the soft glow

In first light

It will grow into

A full blush morning

Riding across the heavens

Setting every newborn cloud on fire

The burning touch

Of hot love

Bleaching away the last remains

Of yesterday

In a race to proclaim

The truth of summer

As the heat of pleasure

Comes calling

There is a purity

In the spirit

Of a day

Being more than its own arbiter

Of value

When each kiss

Carried on the wind

Is as fresh

As the first one

Ever was

The promise of heaven

Floats lightly in the air

More love than wonder

A thunder

Full of mystery

Pouring itself out

Flooding the sky

A rainbowed bridge

Reaching out from

A freshly lit beacon

A guiding light

A fiery path

The comfort of presence

To melt away shadows

And lead the way

Until the mystery

Of sunset