Becky is a well-known writer in the Bonanza fandom.  She agreed that with one minor change,  this poem could have been written for Joe Riley, so here it is.  We think it would have been the perfect ending to the episode "Bitter Yen of General Ti".


 

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One Kiss
by Becky S.
Revised October 2001
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I’ll stand on my toes to stretch up to you,
For one kiss, my love, just one kiss.

When you bend down to me I’ll disappear against you,
Enfolded in your arms, surrounded by your scent,
I’ll pull your mouth to mine
For one kiss, my love, just one kiss.

The world will disappear, all my problems, all my pain,
With your hands stroking my back, holding my waist to yours,
For one brief moment life will be perfection
While we share one kiss, my love, just one kiss.

As our lips part from each other, I will look into your timeless eyes
And memorize them, the ardent burning mahogany
That will warm a cold heart in the years to come,
As I remember our one kiss, my love, just one kiss.

I pray you will remember me, remember our kiss,
But not forever, my love, not forever.
For you and I must follow our paths,
And they do not run together.

But I will not forget our one kiss, my love,
Never just a kiss.
 


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