I did not know what love was—that’s the whole of it.
I knew I felt inclined, but doubted, I admit.
I wanted to be sure, but how was I to know?
It was not fun not knowing just which way to go.
Most of us, in our later years, are prone to say
Admitting that there was a one “who got away.”
Of course, most happily, there is the other side—
That love prevailed despite you, viewed today with pride.
© Richard Williams