Paper Kiss Poem by Dónall Dempsey

Paper Kiss

Rating: 5.0


You walk
through my written words

that I strew
before you

faced with
the blankness

of the next day
of the next page

I create the next word
like a stepping stone

from sentence
to sentence

keeping you alive
as I write

I take your hand
and guide you through

this forest of words
(don’t be afraid)

the sound of your footsteps
the itchy scratch of my pen

I write you alive again

make you turn
& kiss me

again...again

even if it’s only
a paper kiss

a paper kiss

the paper cut of memory.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ruth Walters 30 October 2009

paper cuts and kisses.....and the poem flowed along the page beautifully, keeping me alive after a very busy week............ Ruthie

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Scarlett Treat 16 April 2008

Dreams becoming our reality...I make you alive...what a perfect expression for writers...

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Flora Gillingham 16 April 2008

Not just a paper kiss, Donall. It lives in the mind and heart too. F

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Dónall Dempsey

Dónall Dempsey

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.
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