The First Kiss

So, this was it.

He leaned in, felt her breath
On his lips, soft, scented, shallow.
Little by little, they inch closer
Until the two soliloquies are one-
Until silence is all that remains
While the oceans inside them rage in tempests.

The stars, twinkling overhead
Invite others to witness the unison
The moon, crawls up behind the clouds
Letting the lovers be- and they shine.
The veil is lifted, and suddenly,
The air that they breathe is one-
The sky above them is one-
The bodies they possess are one.

Minutes pass, or maybe years
And they silently break apart,
He smiles- vowing never to speak
With his lips again, the moment
Is fleeting, and slowly it is gone.

He will remember it.