A Kiss Poem by For Matilde

It takes courage
daughter of Zeus
to lower your voice forever
to set this fragrant kiss free
as if it ever were
as if it ever were imaginable
then return to your sisters
to separate stars from stars
to forget the collisions of limbs and planets
to watch rare and uncommon feeling
disappear forever beyond the glade of souls
to watch the moist curve of the earth
wash away the final residues
the pallidness of recollections
swallow landscapes, our dark interiors
Un-kiss
Unwind
Unravel
Uncomprehend
our last vitality
make weak at last the courage of our tongues
the window hides you now
there is no lingering fragrance
no trembling familiarity behind the glass
you have found the solitude of a shadow
the clarity of separateness
you prefer annihilation, better this you say than
the vanities of slow decline
the selfish disquietude of longing
the selfishness of absence
A kiss
Without end
Beyond resurrection
You cannot sleep
you wake in a place you cannot see
something sublime beats with an ancient rhythm
your soft feet fly over burning flowers
in the dance of the muse
something swells in your breast like God
you feel me reaching
into the blue hole you sleep in
feeling for all the things you don't know yet
love me
with your wounds and your dark rage