Every Kiss, Every Embrace

Step back and breathe in

Let go of the trying to win

Let yourself be in the moment, free

To experience what it means

To truly feel your own skin

And each breath you pull in

In this short life

We’ve found ourselves in

No one truly knows why

We’re here or what’s actually past the eye

All we know is what we perceive

Or what we’ve been taught to believe

I’m not sure what is outside of me

But I know I need to be free

Inside this shell or at least in the heart of me

I want to taste every kiss, every embrace

Even if at the end I’ll face

That it was a pointless dream, a waste

The experience is what it makes

ⓒ 2002 Shawn Michael Quinn