You Kissed Me But Once

True, you kissed me but once And with tears turned away From a loss we both needed to grieve But the years still embrace Something found in that space A brief glimpse of a garden with Eve. That day Paradise Lost But its echoes still ring For its tongue spoke of living in love With a life beyond reason, One that transcends known season, And that lives still in heaven above. Though our blossoming found Distant gardens as home Still I breathlessly wait for its song Its tune touches my day Fragrance softens life’s fray, With my poetry humming along. Brian Johnston August 30, 2015