I loved you from the first week together

Dancing in and out of tentative affection

I never did hold your hand on the dance floor

We giggled together in the cooling sun

You splashed me and told me about your family

I too was late to care for you -and

I watched the sun begin to set but didn’t kiss you

You told me you could love me,

And I told you I could begin again,

I was absent at the turning point

In the end, we regret the chances we didn’t take.