If I Kissed It

If I kissed it, would that make it better? Are you needing much more than a friend? Would it help if I held you so deep in my love That your "breath fears" would fade in the end? Let me see the dark places you’re hurting, “Lay on hands” where you feel there’s a void, Whisper, “Shh,” to the sources of noise in your life, “Guard your back” as you work through annoyed! Or is booster shot all that is needed? Will your day be OK on your own? Are you looking to share a new friend that you’ve made, Me to ask “How’s your day?” on the phone? All these things Love, are yours for the asking! Hidden things too, that I've yet to give, There's no firm expiration date that I control Long as “I’m on the street where you live!” Glad to sacrifice life for love’s meaning, If the purchase costs me only time, It seems you are the heart of the world’s poetry, And the word I am hoping to rhyme. When you're gone, I can get so impatient, It's like somehow life's rhythm is missed, If this simplest of verses can bring you some joy Then smile twice, for you just have been kissed! Brian Johnston March 1,2017