By Gala
Submitted by Galadrial
Date: 2001 Aug 05
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confession


I will tell you first,
and maybe then
you will tell me
when it was that you first
flirted with the idea
of tasting my kiss.

I admit it crossed my mind
and I carefully tried to conceal it,
not wishing to put you
in that awful spot
where someone looks at you
with shining eyes
and you have to say no.

I did not think of your mouth,
tried not to wonder
what your tongue would taste like,
and when you lightly suggested
a kiss
I tripped over my own feet.
My left foot went OH YEAH,
and my right tried to run away,
spilling me to your feet.

So you brushed me off,
made sure I was unbruised
and thirty second later
i was in your arms
trying so hard to pretend
that I had not quivered for it,
blushing like a schoolgirl,
and trying so hard for casual.

Oh, I knew that "one little kiss"
would not be the end.
Knew that when my lips opened
under that soft tender pressure
I was lost in a cloud canyon,
dipped in cotton candy of the senses,
and floating like a helium balloon
with just your arms
to hold me down.

Thank you for knowing
that the tremble to me
wasn't fear of you---
just myself.
Thank you for the sweet gift
of a kiss that peeled me gently,
and made me stop dancing away
if  you got close enough to touch.
And thank you for feeling
all the things
I had no words for
when you kissed me.
Thank you most
for loving me so completely
that the games ended
and let me love you
past the fear,
past the red cheeks,
and stammered dancing.

It has been forever
since my last confession.
Am I forgiven?