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You were shy, or so I wanted to think.
I was a titan, or seemed so from a distance.
You needed a companion, rugged, strong.
I needed a lover, caring and free of cares.
Then and there needs and wants did not match.
Finding our need, we mistook it for our want.
You asked for a lover, and found me lacking.
I searched for a rose, and walked into a maelstrom.
I basked in your presence for an endless moment.
Until abruptly the tempest in its bitter fury erupted.
Faster than seems possible it shattered the night.
We lay on the ground, struck down for our folly.
You slipped away, you were bored I think.
I was too cautious, my life was too ordered.
You wanted excitement, you needed energy.
I gave you nothing sustaining, no fire.
Echoes of your thunder still resound in me.
And I wonder if you still hear my voice.
Do you still need a companion, I wonder.
One who to your heart has always been true.
In the wake of summer storms roses grow.
Tonight, a memory has lifted my spirit.
I don't think you knew how much I cared.
Or that I will always remember you.
Joel
2 June 1999
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