Why Do Kisses Burn?

Why do kisses burn?

Yet soothe my burning lips,

As I feel your fingers

As they dance across my hips?

Oh, your crooked smile

That on me shines its gaze.

All that shines around me,

In the heat of summer days.

Tar melts on my shoes,

Fireworks in the sky,

Vanilla sweet laughter,

And a satisfying sigh.

Water running over my skin,

And water in my hair,

The perfect place of bliss.

You take me there

Days pass

And hours too

There isn’t a single moment

That I don’t think of you

 In these times,

Cradled in your arms

In between those kisses

I know will cause me harm,

I have a perfect measure

Of happiness you give

I have these moments

Where you let me live

I see you twisted in the sheets

My green eyes see it so

I smile as I leave today

But I don’t want to go

There is a lost part,

A love has gone away.

You tell me to leave,

But I beg you let me stay.

I drive away so sad

I drive away with tears

Things I think I know

Cloud my mind with fears

And when you leave; I know you will.

I will not think of this.

I will think of your crooked smile

And your burning kiss.