Rumors of "Too Late"

You never told me you dreamed

of green meadows, blue skies

of home coming August joys

and what could have been…

We never shared heart filled moments

without some overhanging shadow

lurking in our minds

putting our hearts in separate bonds… shackled.

When fate saw fit to give us the keys

like children in the dark

we wandered in opposite directions.

Given light

we saw each other for the first time

strangers in love

with what had until now been left to the imagination.

We never went camping

or basked in the summer sun.

We never saw beauty together

and

We never danced…