The Kiss

‘Why would I even look at you?’

She said, when I made my bid,

She must have been all of thirty four,

While I was just a kid.

‘I only have eyes for you,’ I said,

‘That’s just the way that it is,

I lie awake in my bed at night

And dream of just one kiss.’

 

Her hands had fluttered, waved me away,

She was flattered, nevertheless,

I knew, because the way that she turned

Flared out the hem of her dress,

Her legs were fine, and smooth and strong

With shape to her calves and thighs,

I stared at them, though I knew it wrong,

They were candy for my eyes.

 

‘You’re far too young for the likes of me,’

She said, a gleam in her eye,

‘You’re half my age, you’re seventeen

So I’ll have to say goodbye.’

‘I never think about age,’ I said,

‘I think about looks and grace,

And you have plenty of both,’ I said,

‘You have a beautiful face.’

 

She laughed then, showing her gleaming teeth

And the dimple in each cheek,

Her lips were crimson, egging me on

I could have stared at her for a week.

‘You do go on,’ were the words she said

But her cheeks began to flush,

While I was thinking of her in bed,

And that brought a sudden hush.

 

‘I really think you are serious,’

She said, as if in surprise,

‘Never more sure and certain,’ then

I caught the look in her eyes.

‘Maybe if you were twenty-one,

I might just give it a whirl,’

‘I’m old enough and I’m full of love,

To me, you’re only a girl.’

 

I reached on out and I held her hand,

The palm of her hand was wet,

I sensed that here was the promised land

I might be successful yet.

And then in a moment’s madness she

Had raised her face to my lips,

And heaven opened before me as

She gave me just one kiss.

 

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[Calamityofgin]

‘You do go on,’ were the words she said"
You know thats woman speak for " im tellin ya..go on!"
What a delight from desperate youthful heartthrob hope..desire and seduction to sweet nirvana 💋!!
Yeeeaah buddy! You musta been the sweet talker back then (back then hell) and a looker..a handsome man now.

Adore you darlin David...
Love
Calamity of Jennifer

[Valentine]

Then he woke up to find he was only dreaming. Cute write and very romantic. Valentine

[Barbz]

Oh Heavens, what a romantic pen you used writing this Little teaser. Actually, I can flip-flop on this one, as I actually lived it, in reverse. As a teenager, I said, "Why would he even look at me", when he made his bid. He was a handsome grown man, and I was just a kid. It was hard for us to deny our feelings, and kept in touch (pardon the pun)' until I was of age. We married. It was romantic and still is, although my five children and I lost him 3 years ago, after 45 years of bliss. This poem is delightful. I wonder, however , why the difference when the woman is the more mature. Love is ageless. Lovely write DLP

[ANTO]

This is delightful my friend.
Im imagining that after she gave him the kiss and they passed one another in the street and exchanged a knowing looks but didnt speak and he finally fell for someone in his own peer group. She thought of him often and he less so when he went to Uni. He returned to the town with a wife and settled down and they rarely seen each other except this once...

I love your romantic pen as much as your thrilling, spooky, intriguing, witty and exhilarating ones.
You're a true master of the craft.

addendum : I would have liked to tell him to stay away from the barn ... lol