Love Poem: Whisper Gentle Is the Kiss
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Written by: Paula Swanson

Whisper Gentle Is the Kiss

Whisper gentle is the kiss, 
Feather fleeting upon my lips. 
If it not for the lingering feel 
I would not have thought it was real 

With it’s taste of berry wine 
Reminds me of another time 
When you dared to risk the chance 
to swiftly kiss me while we danced 

Phantoms oft come visit me 
Conjured from deep my memories 
Leaving me bereft and chained 
To a man who came and went like rain 

You promised nothing you could not give 
Except your love and life you live 
Piracy is not meant for those that are meek 
When fortune on the high sea’s you seek 

Danger lurks over each horizon 
From each new dawn to the set of sun 
You did promise alive you would return 
let it not be your ghost whose kiss made me yearn