He kissed her courage,
he kissed her fear,
he kissed her sadness,
her deep unknowability.
Because she was his dearest,
because she was all he loved
and ever wished to.
P.D. Lyons: Born and raised in the USA. Travelling and living abroad since 1998. Currently resides in Ireland. Received Mattatuck College Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry. Received Bachelor of Science with honors from Teikyo Post University Connecticut. Books of poetry: Searches For Magic, and Caribu & Sister Stones published by Lapwing Press, Belfast. A third book, Myths Of Multiplicity, published by Erbacce press Liverpool as part of the 2014 Erbacce International Annual Prize. pdlyons.wordpress.com. amazon.com/PD-Lyons/e/B00B6PEFSQ.
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