WINGED KISS

WINGED KISS
S.JENSEN (C)2018

IN THE DARKNESS
BELOW TWINKLED
LIGHT LIKE FIREFLIES
SPREAD ACROSS THE
LAND DOWN THERE
WHITE LIGHT ALL 
AROUND 
HANDS REACHED OUT
HUGGING IN COMFORT
SAYING WE WILL
MEET AGAIN
YET YOU CAN'T STAY
NOW FOR HE SAID SO
YOU ARE ALWAYS MINE
AND I AM ALWAYS YOURS
NOW GO....

SHE CAME UP BEHIND
ME AS HE DISAPPEARED
I TURNED ONE LAST LOOK
AS FEATHERS FALLING WHITE
DOWN THROUGH THE FLOOR
AGONY IN MY GUT
AS I WATCHED
THEM BE STRIPPED
AND REPLACED ALMOST
INSTANTLY WITH NEW 
ONES ON ONE SIDE
FULL AS RAVENS BLACK
THEN WALKING TO ME
SURROUNDING ME
BLACK WING ON THE 
RIGHT
AND WHITE WING ON
THE LEFT
SHE SAYS COME WITH ME
WRAPPING ME LIKE
A COCOON
INTO HER ARMS
MY HAIR UNRAVELED
FROM ITS BUN
AND FLOWING FREE
AS SHE TURNS HER
HEAD INTO ME
HER FACE INCHES FROM
MINE THEN HEAD 
DOWN OVER
AS WE FALL
RIGHT THROUGH 
THE FLOOR
INTO THE SKY
BARRELING DOWN
SHE SAYS ITS COLD
HOLD TIGHT
I WILL WARM YOU
AS I CAN NOW
SHE SAYS IT ONLY
TAKES A MINUTE
OR TWO
SHAKING AS I AM
FREEZING
THEN LIKE BLANKETS
OF WARMTH
WASH OVER ME
AS SHE LEANS IN
SAYS I DO THIS
TO SAVE YOU
AND BEGINS TO KISS
MY LIPS
AS WE FALL
I REMEMBER LESS AND
LESS 
OF ALL BUT WHATS
AROUND ME
THE COLD IS 
NUMBINGLY GONE
FOR ALL I CAN
THINK ON IS THIS
DIVINE TONGUE 
IN MY MOUTH
SHE SAYS I AM
FOREVER BOUND
AND WILL ALWAYS
HAVE HER TO
GUIDE ME
IF NEEDED
AS I CAN GUIDE 
OTHERS SHE KISSES
AGAIN
I MELT IN HER ARMS
AS HER KISS
TANGOS WITH MINE
AND AS I DRIFT
FAST INTO A 
SLUMBER 
SHE SAYS I LOVE YOU
FOR ALL ETERNITY
TO AWAKE
IN THE MORNING
IN A HOSPITAL BED
TO THE SOUND OF
THE DOOR OPENING
AND FOOD BEING
BROUGHT IN
I SHAKE MY HEAD
AND LEAVE SLEEP
AS I AWAKE
GOING IN MY HEAD
WHAT A VERY
STRANGE DREAM
THAT WAS EIGHT 
YEARS AGO YET I CAN
STILL RECALL ONLY
THE SMELL OF SWEET
ROSES AND JASMINE
THE FEEL OF FEATHERS
ALL AROUND 
THE WING AND COLD AIR
AS THE LIGHTS GOT
CLOSER AND
THAT KISS
THE DIVINE BLISS
WHERE IT ERASED
EVERYTHING
BUT THESE THINGS
I SAY NOW
WHAT A DREAM...
JUST A DREAM
JUST A WINGED KISS
IN THE NIGHT
AS I RECOVERED
FROM THAT ILLNESS.