Balancing Act


 Kissing
   is about textures,
 about fitting into,
 		against,
 		beside.
 
 Where your hand moulds
   the back of her neck.
 
 Where her hand 
   on your hip
     pulls you close together.
 
 Where your bodies 
   shift balance
 to follow the coil
   of a first evening's kiss.


June 19, 1999
© Lela Kaunitz