I remember you
the night you had your party
down by the lake
your parents out.

I remember your freckles
your large Carley Simon smile
your lithe lean body
your tempting offer.

I remember your eyes
they sparkled with a tear
your yearning and my high held ethics
and my choice to say no.

I remember you
every now and then
and know I missed a gift
your pearls before my swine.

My present shrieks
to my idyllic high minded past
"Do it
you idiot!"

"No one will care
no one will say-
that you took the dare
-you were not in wedlock...
only high-school..
anyway."

Too late, -
POP! A bubble caught
on a branch
of time.
That moment
gone.

I remember you.