Give Me Now your Kiss

Give me now your kiss
that swan’s wing beat,
that firebolt,
against the very source of me,
that loosens all my tethers to the earth.
Share with me now that lightninged rill
the fevering
that lies upon your lips,
that touching mine,
then burns me up,
that binds me,
captivates my will
to all your motions
and your secret purposes.
Give me now
your plighting kiss
and tie me to a purer notion of myself
than I have ever known before.

And I’ll return this molten kiss
with mine
to claim you, make a vain attempt
for once and evermore
to mark you as my own.