Do You Remember

For my wife. 16 years later and still madly in love.

 

Do you remember

the day we met?

Quiet and shy

you stared at

your feet.

 

Do you recollect

all the firsts?

The smile, the wink

the touch of our hands,

the first kiss?

 

Walking by the lake

not close, but not far

apart,

wondering

what was happening?

 

Can you recall

our first intimate

conversation?

Was it then

we fell in love?

 

People talked

people stared.

The shaking of heads,

the clacking of tongues,

few approved.

 

But we didn't care

what they thought.

The warnings came

but amidst it all

we persevered.

 

We finally said I do.

And we did everything

that we promised

as we also continue

to do.