Kiss Chase

At first we scattered 

Hesitating to find soft lips 

Wet with milk

And salt n vinegar crumbs

Squirming hostages 

Offering rosy cheeks or daring mouths 

Years later we hesitate again

Touches warmed by experience 

Lips coated in slick scarlet  

Yet innocence persists 

It calls you 

from your own tattered core 

You are caught in this game

Captured by the chase 

You chase more than kisses 

Delving within others for release

Fingers and tongues 

questing for meaning 

Hiding inside her

Because anything is better 

Than being left out