PANTOUM: Paper Kisses

"Paper kisses are all I have for you.
I give you paper kisses-
I hope that they will do."

I give you paper kisses
in place of love that can't be there.
I give you paper kisses
to show you that I care.

In place of love that can't be there,
I send paper kisses that I wrote
to show you that I care,
I write a handwritten note.

I send paper kisses that I wrote,
because I'm not there to give them.
I write a handwritten note,
so I can relive them.

Because I'm not there to give them
I send them on their merry way.
So I can relive them,
I keep copies in my brain.

I send them on their merry way,
in each morning's mail.
I keep copies in my brain,
In case my memory should fail.

Because you cannot mail a heart
I give you paper kisses.
Until death shall do us part,
I give you paper kisses.

I give you paper kisses
they are all I have for you.
I give you paper kisses
I hope that they will do.