A summer day at the Stoneham zoo.
You were a kid. I was a kid too.
We were both with our parents and
too young for romance and love.
But oh that passing look of interest
you blessed me with that day.
Though I was too young for love,
it stirred something in my heart.
I think for a moment I impossibly
wanted to get to know you.
I wasn’t even thinking of anything
like a hug or a kiss.
There was just something about
the way you looked and how
sweet you looked when you
glanced at me.
Moments like that, even far back
in my long life, make me wonder
about what might have been,
what opportunities for the right
one might have been missed.
Bob Boyd