Demanding Kiss Poem by Uriah Hamilton

Even when you fall in love,
you must count the brief days of summer
drifting quickly into autumn
and then the desolate months of winter.

A man can only wait so long
to grasp a woman's hand,
to latch a necklace around her neck,
to kiss the perfume upon her wrist,
to solicit her yes.

There are days and momentous decisions
that require a man to even walkaway
from an undeniable soul-mate.

One never understands in youth
there sometimes must be complete acceptance
of eternal unhappiness.