The Kiss

All romance is grounded on friendship. - Thoreau

Rodin's The Kiss

a renaissance

staining wine upon eager lips

i pull you close

where desire is planted

tight, warm, humid embrace

toes curled downward

tasting essence

innocence

sparkling, distilled expectations

wanting to learn

needing to know

wherever tender, chiseled flesh doth go

whatever a heart dares to show

whichever way polished spirits choose to flow

Author's Note

"All a man's strength and all his weakness go to make up the authority of any particular opinion which he may utter. He is strong or weak with all his strength and weakness combined. If he is your friend, you may have to consider that he loves you, but perchance he also loves gingerbread." - Thoreau

Reviews

[MsJewel]

I love romantic poetry and this is lovely. :) Julie