A kiss is not a contract

Clouds bank vaulted skylineriver purrs beside its crushed banks,we walk, something between us ,something handed down, a crueltyunnamed that can’t be documented.The kiss is unexpecteda softness held inside this hardprotective shell of body. Youreyes are dark inside a maskthat holds you here.I'm ready to run into another day,coin across the water , flee,until the kiss:A kiss is not a contractyet something nameless was agreedunder the blessing of the lamplight.,water lapping black against the beachour mouths mouthing infinity.

Poetry