your kiss
was my confession
and I thought about its meaning
until my mouth went dry
for your lips held such
unthinkable expression
until I abruptly released you
from such a passionate session
coming out of such stupor
of heated sexual haze
I could not then
even to myself lie
lust and love are two terrific strangers
to each other
never meant to be intimate for long
if only we both had learned such lesson
sooner
happiness perhaps
then
would have belonged
to us both................
(Dec. 20, 1998)