A Million Years Ago

I wonder,

did I smile that day?

Did some dreamy absent look

draw her eye?

I don't recall, in truth

I don't remember anything much about the day.

Somehow though I guess she chose

I guess it was alright with me

I guess I never did say no

Somehow it seemed that we were spending time

and somehow all that time just seemed to grow.

Did I ask her? Really?

I guess I did and somehow I should recall

but looking back it all was such a blur

I guess she answered yes.

But that was a million years ago

and what did we know back then?

I guess I should have known

that something wasn't right

I should have wondered why certain words

just never came from her

I should have known but I was young

She always liked me, no doubt of that,

and I knew what she wanted

I knew she wanted to escape

but I never realized that I was just

a safe way out

But that was a million years ago

it hardly matters now

We were young

what did we know of love?

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