Today when you kissed me
I knew it was fall again
I felt the year come around
I felt your flannel shirt on my skin.
And your arms around me
Felt different and the same.
Later I sniffed you
Carrots and soap
Like last November
Today, when you kissed me,
I tasted your tongue;
Shy, and peeking out of your teeth.
It reminded me of the way you would
Kiss me last September
Hesitantly and sweetly keen,
Like you were carefully tasting
A peach.
Today was a day
I could feel autumn in your skin;
Gold leaves, crunching on your lips.
