Tanka # 198

My eyes
opening them slowly
to my lover’s kiss –
No! It was just the roll
of distant thunder!

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Her kiss
thunders in my head;
as it fades
it leaves my heart
drenched in warm rain.

Tanka # 57

Breathless interlude…
kissing as the stars
one by one fade,
falling to the pond
on the edge of dawn.

Kiss of Life

Your mouth and mine,
parched riverbeds of desire
aching to merge in the grace of love and burst,
a flood of wild waters in the heart of life.