Our First Kiss

LONDON, United Kingdom

June 1, 2008 (Saturday)

It was like in Hollywood fairy tales. As usual, on a Saturday evening we were in Green Carnation and enjoying our Long Island Teas. Some music was playing in the absence of the pianist Carl Joseph. I do not remember which song was in the background noise and what we were talking about. Before that we were walking in Soho embracing each other and joking. I am not sure whether we were under the influence of alcoholic cocktails.

Out of the blue, our lips touched and we gently started to kiss. It was not just a friendly snog. It was a real kiss. Music has completely muted in my ears. I did not hear anything but the beat of our hearts. Without noticing it myself, I closed my eyes and everyone around faded away – except him and me. Perhaps it was an everyday London scene – two unshaved guys kissing in the bar.

But for me it was a long-awaited and absolutely unexpected act of love. I started kissing him passionately and soon noticed that he was kissing me very tenderly. I cannot recollect how long it lasted but it was very natural like it was meant or supposed to happen. For a split second, I thought it was not happening with me and that this was just my imagination.

His warm, scarlet, soft and loving lips were kissing me as declaring his manifesto. This act of tenderness was like expressing our most clandestine sacred feelings that were buried deep down our hearts screaming about the unsaid. Our kiss was spontaneous and at the same time very fairy tale-like. I was on top of the world. One could appreciate that feelings between us were the tenderest and the atmosphere, despite others around, was romantic. We were communicating through the body language of gentle sentiments.

The air was charged with particles of affection, catalysts of compassion and elements of love. That evening his unshaved face was the most handsome, kind and lovely. It was the first genuine fruit of the most pure and tender emotions in a long time. As our kiss continued to flourish like rare flowers, our lips were transmitting positive energy through the closeness of two people.

For a short moment I was lost in this chemical trance of emotions and the ground under my feet has disappeared. It was romantic, fantastic, tender and even feels like it never happened. Just from one thought about this kiss, my body starts shivering while warming my soul. This kiss will always be in my mind...