Kiss

She averts her face,
Looking away,

Like she is suffering

And the touch

Of their lips

Would pass years of
Lies and neglect and

Unsavory thoughts

Between them.

When they kiss,

It is as light as

Eye lashes in the wind.

That’s the issue:

To her, a kiss is a glance

Caught in sin;

To him, it is venom

Passing through skin.