await your kiss

carry me upon your calm

embrace me with the breath
of solace

envelop me in your peace

hold me with a dire
for love

fill the emptiness

my soul has been
captive to

tell me in your words

of how my pain
is but the storm
before the calm

explain to me

how this temporal shell
when discarded shall
free my spirit

your door will be

left playfully ajar
welcoming me into
your abode

and I will see those

who smiled at me
amidst pain

let us share this

a fortuitous gift
that even in the dark
you found me to kiss