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