The Kiss

Why this? Why the pressing lips
To lips or foreheads or feet
As the seal of a deal, fate?
Andersen's Ice Maiden must
Buss her choice three times, as boy,
As jealous lover, as groom,
Head to toe to keep and kill.

The handshake and the mating,
However binding, are not
As intimate, magical.
Only death, the last embrace,
Has the same strength as sealant,
Yet kisses are betrayals.
God suffered death for a kiss.