The Price of Kissing

Brian's Poems
Written By Brian Mueller

The Price of Kissing

...a true bargain at half the price.

Rumi says,
The price of kissing is your life.

Still my head will not
concede to love's great bargain,
recalling all the heartbreak
which comes from submission
to just a single kiss.

Love's early innocence
disguises the dubious covenant
as it destabilizes the fault lines
within my wary soul.

Yes it starts with a kiss,
then becomes an earthquake
turning rock to dust,
unleashing my rowdy love.

The Price of Kissing

I would love to kiss you.
The price of kissing is your life.

Now my loving is running toward my life shouting,
What a bargain, let's buy it.

~ Rumi
(trans. Coleman Barks)

Brian Mueller

Brian is a poet and graphic designer devoted to finding deeper meaning and beauty through living a spiritual life in community with others. He lives in Dayton, Ohio and practices writing poetry daily. Whenever possible he comes together with others seeking understanding through honesty and personal contemplation.

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