Initiation Kiss

Moment like an autumn leaf, golden and gone; Fruit scented like the autumn wind, joy winged To eternity. Awake from dusk till dawn Dream crowned in sweet surprise and love unkinged I through the movie reel went twisting all night Longing yet hessitant to face the light And know again thóse bright eyes had sweet lips Cool as sugar plum where gladness drips Our eyes were customed to look and reverse The intentions that drew them in silence Up the basement stairs through darkness I'd traverse Knew not whose footsteps tap near my presence I saw the smile flashed, the liquid lips felt Footsteps and smile fled, and I stood and melt.