Love Poem: First Kiss
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Written by: Robert Wagner

First Kiss

You wonder why 
it took so long
for my lips to brush 
against your lips.
Like a young child 
searching for words,
I lack the vocabulary 
to communicate 
my feelings for you.
It is not because 
you are not appealing
nor a question of 
my sexual preference.
Rather, it was 
respect for the dignity
embodied within 
your womanhood 
that makes me hesitate.
Aware of my lust for you,
who am I to sully 
with my wanton desires 
your beauty and integrity
knowing that once our lips touch
breached would be the dike 
that long I took to build.
Little did I know
you were waiting 
for that dike to crumble.