Bernard Gabriel Okurut

A Salty Kiss

 

Harden your heart not,

River-like, let the love flow.

Touch me the old places,

The pores of my skin your hands by name know.

 

Save me from this love limbo,

My heart longs for only yours.

Kiss me a salty kiss,

That kiss I have found on no other

mortal lip.

 

Stop me not from falling 

Into your river that runs deep,

But kiss me a salty kiss

And let me drown in my sleep.