.
O
•i found truth
in a saying i read•that we
start dying the day we were born
•not from life inflicted wounds from
which we've bled•not from illness or
disease that would have us torn •we
only live and breathe upon borrowed
sand•because we age; because we are
but mortal•it's only up to ourselves to
be mediocre or grand• what we'll be at
the end is consequential• it'll matter not
if we won popularity polls• or what riches
over which we covet and fuss•when asked, "for
whom does the bell toll?"•look in the mirror for it tolls
••••••••
•••••


                                          ­    for no one...
                                                          ­            but for us•
.

will you kiss me the way
the ocean water kisses the shore?

will you kiss me the way
the sun kisses the morning sky in july?

will you kiss me the way
the rain kisses the ground, and makes a beautiful sound?

will you kiss me* as if though it were our last?

will you kiss me that way?
will you kiss me that way?
**will you kiss me that way?