BEGINNING
 
 

  Green hills glowed in the dark
  Our naked bodies cavorted at the river bank
  The fire burned bright
  Sausages sizzled
  Water was cool not cold

  Clothes were strewn around
  We dived deep to roll in an embrace
  Under the stars, under the water
  Kisses were hot in the cool water
  Arms inviting, bubbles aplenty

        Were did it all go wrong?
        Perhaps out there
        Perhaps back here
        Or did we just grow apart as we grew up

  Even when she was born and made us both laugh
  With her babyish stunts
  We even started to talk like her
  Goo Goo, or we thought it was anyway
  It didn't matter, a dirty nappy was still a dirty nappy
  From someone so small so much mess

        We washed them for years - by hand!
        Too poor for an auto washer
        Is that why?
        We weren't poor in each other
        So why?

  It doesn't really matter because we both said goodbye
  To each other, me to her
  Sitting on a concrete step somewhere in my mind
  Her small figure haunts me even now.