Kisses Aren't Contracts

"Kisses aren't contracts"
He said to me after we had kissed.
We were young, in college.
We had been in high school together,
But had never spoken.
He had been cool,
And I had not.

On a cold, gray winter's day,
He called me.
He was there, at my school,
Visiting an ex.
It had gone badly.
I didn't understand then that
Kisses aren't enough to create
A relationship, a friendship.
Sometimes, they are just enough
To stop pain from somewhere else.
But now, when things don't work out,
I remember that kisses aren't contracts.