A Love So Short Of Time Poem by RIC BASTASA

when we kiss
i close my eyes
and think
of you not as
forever

how i wish to have
immortality

no, the warmth
of your lips
does not last
a lifetime

no, the hold of
your arms
will be lost
in a minute

no, this ecstasy
will only be
for a second

i smell you
i feel you
running all over me
like a river
you cover all of me
like you are the sea
and the sky

for a while i am
lost in vast space
with me are
all the stars in
heaven

and then when
this kiss is over
i look at you
your face is all
flesh and cheekbone
and you lips close
there is no word
there is no need
to say anything

how short
love can be
yet i feel it
throughout my universe!