Author's Note: Now that May has passed by, I bring a little present from the beginning of my relationship with my husband. I went and visited the first place we went when we first started our relationship, and I was finally able to put into words a memory of us.
I once knew this path,
On a mid-summer evening.
A cover band downtown was singing
While my lover and I walked
The river greenway.
We wandered off the path
Down a little trail,
That led us to a broken boardwalk
There we sat till dusk
Watching the river as we talked.
The river sang a gentle song
The birds and insects joined along.
We shared our first kiss
On the riverbank,
So awkward it was.
People said it would be romantic
And it probably could've been
If I hadn't been so nervous
Wanting it to end.
Later he told me
It was the best kiss he'd ever had.
While in the back of my head
I didn't believe a word he said.
Looking back at the memory
Makes me laugh a little.
We were just two young teens
Trying to figure out life
Just off the river greenway.
written by Evelyn Creon
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