All About a Kiss
Why didn’t I do it?
All she wanted was a kiss
She asked several times
Claiming her love for me for the world to hear
My heart loved her too
But I could never tell her
My mind thought constantly of her
I had to keep my feelings to myself
My family said that our love wrong
Our worlds could never meet
Our love could never come true
Black and white could never truly love
I never saw her color
Nor would it have mattered if I had
Her eyes were those of a loving woman
She spoke the words of a caring heart
I was not allowed to look into her eyes
I was not allowed to listen to her words
I was not allowed to give her the kiss she wanted
I never told her why she could not get that kiss
How could I tell her about a stupid hatred?
A hatred I did not share
She faded away into my history
Thirty two years gone
Yet I wonder about my life
How different would it have been
If I had just given a beautiful young woman
That one single kiss
I guess I will never know
Other than in my dreams
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