No I don’t want to turn back the hands of the clock <br />I don’t wish to be younger than this <br />I just want to be me, as I am here and now <br />To enjoy the enjoyable kiss <br /> <br />For the lovers I’ve wanted so far in the past <br />are completely removed from this place <br />If I’d met you back then you would not see me here <br />and you would not be touching my face <br /> <br />At this moment in time I’m in love with your tongue <br />In this state you are all I desire <br />For this time is this time, it will never repeat <br />and like everything soon will expire <br /> <br />So perhaps all there is, is a moment in time <br />that is perfect and beautifully free <br />Where the measure of love has no reason or rhyme <br />but is there to exist and to be…<br /><br />Alison Mary Dunn<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-measure-of-love-2/
