Don't Want to Say Goodbye

Is this goodbye friend or will

I hear from you ever again

Will you think of all the fun

this long summer we had

Slow walks beneath the

Oak trees down our path

To the stream to sit on a

spongy soft moss pad

On a log dangling our feet

in the cool flowing waters

Feeling and laughing as the

minnows nibbled our toes

Holding each other to keep

our balance so we didn’t fall

Sometimes closeness was so

romantic; it lifted our woes

You here to work for the summer

in this place I called home

Somehow evenings brought us

together; we knew it felt so right

Happiness made the summer go

quickly and all the fun we had

Was this love or playing at flirting

and did you think of me at night

I would lie in bed with the moon at

my window thinking only of you

How you looked working with little

glimpses I got now and then

All day long my heart went pitter

patter as I saw you come and go

You so cute; nothing else mattered

until you came in with the men

I made sure you got best of everything

and the largest desert at the end

I knew the others knew my feelings;

sometimes they would laugh and rib

Mama watched; looked a little worried;

there had never been a boy before

Just the crusty old men so when she

asked about you I had to fib

Really I never knew where this

was going; soon you would be gone

I ignored the workers jokes always

making fun of what they could

My heart ached a little though just

thinking soon you may be gone

Would you be leaving I had to know,

it would hurt so badly if you should

It was not just the love I felt for you

but you brought me laughter too

All of a sudden I felt so happy; for

you too were such a good friend

Wading and playing in the stream

to cool down after a long hot day

Splashing each other with happiness

in talks of life we wanted at the end

You had plans to get somewhere

where you could be somebody

I guess we both wanted knowledge

that would one day bring good pay

I think we both were pretty grown up

even enjoying days just being kids

I loved living here on our ranch

but I too had plans to go far away

For now I had a longing for this boy

I knew felt the very same way for me

Somehow plans I made yesterday

seemed less important to me somehow

I felt today as if I had to be less rich it

might not be so very bad staying here

looking deeply into each others eyes;

our laughter stopped for now

You walked close; laced your hands

in mine, together our bodies met;

heat of your bare chest warming

the cool wet skin beneath my dress

As lips touched I didn’t care if ever

I had more than this in my whole life

Hearts thrilled with lips meeting, warm

arms made me want to settle for less

I had really loved the last few

weeks; this would be nice forever

Maybe money wasn’t so important,

maybe love had changed my mind

Suddenly I prayed you felt the same

and you would never leave me

Oh how I melted into you and the

thrill of this kiss; body’s entwined

How far could we let this go to know

where each would be going soon

Who could say one day if plans got

changed because of a summer's bliss

Passion unexpected caught unaware

even knowing a fire had been lit

Would it be a love we would be glad

happened or simply a remembered kiss

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