Taste Test Poem by Jack Dylan

Testing the waters
One foot at a time,
A friendly smile with two eyes
Brings your lips to mine

Light, soft and gentle
Like summer breeze on my skin
A welcome change in the season
To this weary, dry heart lying within.

Tenderly walking on coals,
Passion sedated by fears,
We sift through the ashes
Innocence lost throughout our years.

Quenching of thirst
From water deep and wide,
Imagination starts to run wild
But hearts flee and hide.

Moderately sipping a passionate wine
We dust off this cup we have found.
Captured in this moment with delicate nectar,
Warmed by this flood- sink, swim or drown?


Jack Dylan
7/12/06