The Kiss 

    When their eyes met
    their hearts burst at once
    and floated on the breeze
    like apple blossom petals.

    When they touched
    the world spun like a top, 
    around them as they stood
    oblivious and motionless.

    And when they kissed —
    the universe ceased to exist;
    the sun fell from the sky
    and burned within their souls. 




                   june 2004
                 ©Janet Reid