An Idiot I Meant To Forget
The ring of a childhood memory
Full of bright sun, and smiling
faces
A great day in the park when
this idiot came along
He pulled my hair and said I
talk like a boy
He pushed me in the swings
and let me chase him around
We played tag and he let me
catch him
He tackled me to the ground
and got my dress dirty
But we didn't care, I beat him
anyway
We wrestled, and threw stones
in the pond
We stalked the ducks and threw
bread crumbs for them to eat
It had been a great day
Until this idiot came along
Then it became the perfect day
We promised to play again
tomorrow and he never showed
up
It hurt my feelings so I thought
he was mean
I promised myself to forget him
even though he'd been a fun
playmate
Years went by and I went back
to the park
I was by myself
I went down the slide and
chased grasshoppers in the tall
grass
When this idiot came along
He pulled my hair and told me I
talk like a boy
He pushed me in the swings
and let me chase him around
He tackled me to the ground
and I wrestled him and won
We fed the ducks and laughed
at each others failed attempts
at duck calls
We talked about how we'd both
met a friend in this park and
laughed
He said he'd pulled the girls
hair because he thought it was
pretty
I told him I'd beaten a boy at
wrestling in a dress
He told me how he pushed the
girl on the swings and thought
she had a unique laugh
I told him about being excited
to play with the boy again the
next day who didn't show up
We looked at each other
surprised
He apologized and we made
plans to play again tomorrow
7 years later and I'm sitting
beside the idiot I met in the
park
We're holding hands, rings
shinning in the sun watching
our baby girl
Today she met an idiot in the
park who promised to come
play again tomorrow
We both smile at each other
and look back at her glowing
face
Next day, he showed up
She met an idiot in the park
Who promised to come back to
play and did
I met my idiot in the park who
had met his idiot in the park
I married the idiot I'd meant to
forget
Honestly, I couldn't be happier
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