“Pottsie”

we were  sitting on concrete blocks

in the alley behind my house

she was drawing little circles on my leg

my hand rested on her knee

we both wanted to take things further

but didn’t know how

we shared each other’s first kiss

in that alley

a surprisingly pleasant kiss

definitely meaningful

at least to me

for her I didn’t know

until some fifty years later

she told her friend

it was a good kiss

and she remembers it still

that is good news

I’ve been to many places

done many things since then

I am sure she can say the same

sometimes it takes a lifetime to know

that what you didn’t know back then

is something you should get to know again

but life is change

one cannot rearrange it

still I wish we could meet again

in the alley behind my house

and share a kiss

© Sam Hyde

    03-25-11