The shade of love's
first kiss upon my lips
doth linger,
tracing lines into my heart
and through my soul
with fortune's gentle finger.

Imbuing all I am
with all love was to me,
bounding all my world
in such sweet form
as grace 'twas meant to be.

Seeing I no longer cry for distant shores
but sail contentedly
within her quiet heart
this shade of love's first kiss
doth only stronger grow
becoming flesh within my dreams
'till dawn doth make us part.

I, within this mortal shell,
can only wonder
what eternity there be, or bliss
for he who happy dwells in slumber
to clutch at chance, to reminisce,
to live within the quiet form,
the shade of love's first kiss.