Not Merely Friends
but Lovers Past
with feelings still uncertain
And when we meet
the kisses warm
but only on the cheek
The arms embrace
in tender touch
strange and yet familiar
The caring real
the wishes warm
but passion in restraint
Somehow so strange
to care for you
Unnatural not to love
By Robert E. Downing
Copyright 2005 by Robert E. Downing.
All rights reserved.
Reproduced by Poetry 360 with permission of the author.
