Lingers

Our first kisses

Tender and true underneath a staircase

That’s how I remembered you.

A knowing; a wanting

Safe and secure

A Love rediscovered

Once it matured.

Lost lifetimes ago

I’d been searching in vain

Wondering why things

Were never the same.

Somehow my soul and

My body knew

But my mind wasn’t sure

Just what to do.

Laid my head on your chest

Felt your warm embrace

Such tenderness took me

To a new place.

The place I call home

Where I’ll always be

Where I am with you

And you are with me.

Home’s not a house

But a feeling instead.

One that lingers

Long after life’s been shed.