It started with a kiss 'Hello'
Progressed into a 'please don't go'
A kiss to welcome a friend back home
A kiss to say 'you're not alone'
An unintended happy kiss
became a kiss of lingering bliss
A soft warm kiss at the door
A kiss that says there must be more
Passionate kisses oh so excited
when lovers at last are reunited
Quick kisses passing in the hall
Slow kisses up against a wall
The 'waited for' kiss of a wedding day
A suggestive kiss when couples play
Kisses for pain that anticipate joy
you ask the nurse a girl or boy
As years go by and lives are long
The worth of kisses ever strong
Kisses when happy kisses when sad
kisses that ease the times when bad
When kisses like seeds a couple sows
over the years their love still grows
And even when they're old and grey
a kiss goodnight will end the day
Sometimes kisses become automated
Romantic kisses are now abated
When kisses change to merely tokens
a gap grows wider from words unspoken
Empty kisses thru a window screen
Love got lost and so did the dream
No tender kiss for eyes that cry
Walk out the door no kiss goodbye
Then one day there comes the end
The 'until later' kiss for lover friend
Good bye kisses one last breath
But love goes on loving after death
another excellent excellent poem
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Great poem. Been married to the same lady for 29 years and still love those kisses.