I remember grass between my toes
Sun slapped wood, cooking
Thick fresh air,
Warmed after the long breath of fall
It would be hard to imagine excitement in a place that breeds calm,
but there we were, jitters and all
Summers ago,
We laughed and talked growing's gossip
And while you teased,
I couldn't have been more enthralled
Years later, I returned,
To find you
And found you, I did
Your beauty, still the same,
one and all
You walked towards me,
Like you did with a smile,
and to this day
I thought of your lips in the light we first met
That day, though, I turned away
Out of embarrassment and shame
As it rained, I cleared out of sight, instead
9 years later,
You are gone but the memory still remains,
And I can't help but wonder if it were
different
But half a world away,
time flowered and it had its way,
As your kids are now grown and the world shifted
That summer we talked about love
Yet I only new your name,
We pieced together feelings on the dock of the lake
The last time I saw you,
I regret not smiling back,
And congratulate you on cutting the cake