I kiss you <br />on the lips. <br /> <br />You cry. <br /> <br />“That’s how I thought <br />you would kiss me <br /> <br />20 <br />years ago! ” <br /> <br />“But you never did! ” <br /> <br />“Why...didn’t you! ” <br /> <br />“You were my best friend’s <br />friend” <br /> <br />“I was only your best friend’s friend <br />so I could be <br />near you! ” <br /> <br />“I didn’t...know! ” <br /> <br />“I didn’t know...you didn’t know! ” <br /> <br />“But you <br />married him! ” <br /> <br />“I know...I know... <br />but that was just to get back at you <br />for not kissing me like that! ” <br /> <br />Oh! Her story <br />of our history <br /> <br />grieves me. <br /> <br />She cries. <br /> <br />Turns to go. <br /> <br />I hold her. <br /> <br />Kiss her. <br /> <br />But she says “No... <br /> <br />you robbed me of my future <br /> <br />20 <br />years ago! ”<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/twenty-years-ago/
