Put aside a kiss for me

A solid state embrace

Not just a cheek by jowl shake down brush

With someone who could not care less

That is not what I want

I want to feel the tenderness of you

Pressed against that which is mine

To push away the crushed flower tears

And stagnant powdered scent of vapid breath

 

I want to feel the warmth of the love

That has for so often been promised

Let me feel again the rush

Of flushed and trammelled blood

Across my cheeks

Rising from the depths from that has lain

Dormant

All but dead

 

So put away your words of solace

And strung out cut the quick smiles

Be not a stranger

Help unravel my tangled soul

And make me feel alive once again

Put aside your wasted semaphore crosses

Marked on infrequently sent missives

And give me the hoped-for embrace

For which I so much need

Take me in your arms again

And hold me for eternity