Words Left
For another day.
We covered all the subjects
Our minds could conjure up
And talked twenty to a dozen
And drank from the loving cup.
We paused to eat our supper
And chattered between bites
About former relations
Our likes and human rights.
There was plenty we agreed on
And next to no discord
We touched each other tentatively
And were never bored.
And though it went on swimmingly
What we kept in reserve
Were words for another time
Maybe we just deserve
We talked of other’s follies
But were they ours
We could have talked forever
As minutes turned to hours.
What words were left unspoken
Some are too hard to say
About our fears and friendship
Left for another day.
We kissed and bid our kind adieus
Then disappeared into the night
Rehearsing what we said and heard
The if’s and also if it might.
Evaporate that moment
Or turn into a flower
A ship passing in the night
Or just a brief rain shower.
©
David Rudder
2024
Thank you for reading this piece and my poetry.
