The Anatomy of a Kiss

Eyes lock, as wordless conversations flow,
through both the irises and palms of hands
as arms draw bodies close, tender and slow,
speaking language no heart misunderstands

Lips brush lips, their touch so softly whispered 
remembering, reliving — beginning;
the voice of heartbeats all that can be heard,
breath catches, tumbled thoughts are sent spinning

Each taste transforms the gentle hush of lips
into a hungered search, igniting fires
lit by a heated passion with no script,
longing to quench this thirst of deep desires.

The feeling you get is one of pure bliss,
This is the anatomy of a kiss


april 2007
Janet Reid


Accepted for publication in The Poetry of Love anthology
Ontario Poetry Society