Was It Ever So Good?

We spent the early summer together

As ones who did not want to separate,

Both of us wond'ring why we would never

Offer what the other wanted to take.

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The summer's warm sun, soft breeze, and green grass

In unison smiled and whispered, "Yes, yes!"

But a harsh reality and cold laugh

Bred silence that created just a guess.

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I took a step and said what I wanted,

You took a breath and said you wanted it too,

Then we blushed at how we'd felt so daunted

As summer began disappearing from view.

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But by autumn's end, all our things were done

And we questioned the smile of summer's sun.