Kiss me, Please

I remember hearing as a girl

That first kisses were awkward

Clunky and overrated

That teeth got in the way

A rough draft of a fairytale ending

Yet to be perfected

I was told that kisses were rushed

Waves crashing and thunder ringing through the storm

That people didn't understand how much time it took to love someone

How much space

I was told that the poems were lying

But you must be the exception to the rule

The fairytale retelling that had been perfected generations ago

Didn't even have to plan it out anymore

natural

Despite how many times I told you I couldn't kiss well

How awkward I could be

Your eyes were shining

for me

Staring at my lips

As I prayed you couldn't tell I was staring at yours too

When your lips brushed mine

I could feel your life being shared with me

Eyelashes dancing against my cheeks

I could have counted them each

There was no crash.

No rushing waves

There was softness

and tender caresses

Pulling my hair out of my face

So you could look me in the eye

When you tell me how much you loved kissing me

That my neck was the softest thing you ever got to hold

We are good together, your smile said

Two halves of a person

Lost in perfect love

A moment to ourselves