Kiss Of Life

A kiss is a hundred different things: a snack of affection, or the perilous threat of a pink and perfumed aunt reaching for a child. It's a dying naval legends request, or the hunger of a lover's lust. Its a step into the unknown for an adolescent, the secret world of saliva and excruciating promise. Its the final frame of a thousand black and white films from yesteryear. Its a song of loneliness or the joy of communion. Its a life saver minutes after an accident, or the start of an affair. Its hte greeting for an absent prodigal when he finally shows up again, dusty and dry. It's a betrayal in Gethsemanae that hurt more than Roman spears. Its a longing for life and love, and perhaps its what God wants most of all from us.