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Ocelot's Poetry and Songs

	A Final Kiss
	I still can feel the way I felt when you passed through that door. A final kiss, and then you left, and hollowed out my core. Your absence stole so much of me that I could scarcely breathe. And as I watched your plane depart I slowly turned to leave. My eyes swung downward to the floor, as I (alone) departed. So convinced that such intense love left me broken hearted. But then I noticed in my hand a cup that you left here. and when I closed my eyes I felt as if you were still near. Now everything you've left behind leaves thoughts of you - stuck in my mind. And I cannot explain away The feelings true - found every day. Now part of you is here with me, and if I close my eyes I see the face of one I long to see, standing here, so close to me. Now that time has come and gone, and you've departed home. I understand like ne'er before the meaning of alone. Alone is not the simple state of being by yourself for I have been in crowds today, and never left my shelf. Alone is when your heart desires to only be with one, and you realize she's miles away - then nothing serves to numb. And all that keeps the pain at bay and brings meaning to light is memory of one tender kiss held close to me that night.
Kevin Metcalf
1998