I Still Remember

I still remember
when we were
both young

The first time
we touched

The first time
we touched

The first time
we held
hands

How a glance
from you
would melt me like
butter in the
summer sun

How when I
looked at you
my heart would
sing

How I filled
with hopes
for what we
might become
together

Afraid to speak
my hopes out loud
that it might
pop the spell
like a circus
baloon

Some of those
hopes came
true

Some did
not

Funny,
of those that
did not

Most came out
even better
and the
rest are
just different

-Barry A. Dobyns