The Kiss

Kiss, Beijo, Bacio, Beso, Baiser, Fili (Φιλί), Kuss, Neshika (נשיקה)...
A kiss is much more than just a proof of affection or a greeting sign; it is also a sign of communication that when accompanied with the proper feeling, intent or goal it transforms itself in a whole new language.
This article could address the anthropological, social and scientific notion of a kiss; however the purpose for this post is to focus on the succulent details of that most wanted moment that makes people be nervous prior to the act and gives the chills down one’s back when performing that same act.

Two people are together. It is not like they are particularly in love but they wish to kiss each other (they feel drawn to one another)…what will the kiss be like? Lips come together, immediately the mouth blossoms; their movable organ begins to taste each other (sometimes one of them is not that great of a kisser and so uses his tongue as a mop wiping the floor – a total mess), saliva may (or not) reach the corner of one’s mouth (this is the time when one of them will open his eyes and beg for it to end)…the kiss ends and the couple engages in a coy conversation…

Two people are friends. They spend so much time together that one-day they decide to kiss. What would it be like? Lips touch, one of them abruptly intrudes the other’s mouth with his tongue…they stop. The intruder needs to be taught how to kiss: caress with lips, play with its surface a bit; gently open the mouth and close it again; play some more on the surface; open the mouth and gently allow the tongue to play around…gently…enjoy the moment…stop. One of the friends gets all excited thinking that this may lead to something more; the “teacher” friend suggests that he takes his acquired knowledge and practices it with someone else…

A couple of tacit foes. They go to the same places; they provoke each other, they pretend to be friendly. One day, in a public place, they fail to continue disguising their animosity for one another and so one of them decides to communicate to the other that the day would come when he’d be “taken cared of” by giving him the kiss of death. The other acknowledges the receipt of such communication by wiping his mouth with the back of his hand…

A couple is incredibly in love. In fact it is more than love: it is a merge of love and passion. It comes the day when they are about to give their first kiss. Can you imagine how it will be like? They look in each other’s eyes (in silence they decree that no words are allowed); their heads approach slowly (they’re with the butterflies). The lips touch (their eyes close); they can feel each other’s pulp merging; synchronised mouth disengagement (each own breath forms an energetic field that is about to declare their union); gentle, nice & slow movement of the tongue (a tango is being performed now); they stop. One of them bites all so gently the other’s lower lip; they look straight in the eye and summon each other to recommence the tango that will lead to fusion…

A kiss is the prelude to sex (not just the fact that it may lead to it, but also an indicator of how good, caring, considering one will be during the coitus). Through a kiss one can acquire all the info one needs to assess if one’s partner will make love to him/her; have sex or simply yield to passion; will he/she command or be commanded…a kiss never lies (if one is willing to see the truth).
It is rather interesting how the French named kiss (Baiser [n]) and copulation (Baiser [v]) the same; as if saying that not only one thing will lead to another but also emphasising the fact that both acts should be done with the same level of commitment and quality.

Kissing is an Art that should always be well executed no matter the reasons behind it (lust, education, generosity, vengeance, love, passion…).

Image: The Kiss by Francesco Hayez