Those Cracks In Sidewalks Never Leave

I Never Knew
I Knew You


I never knew I
knew you, so
many years ago,
I loved you -
never - knew why?

We met inside a
sky of marble –
I pretended to be
reading while I
sipped coffee;
you glanced
my way.

The second day,
I glanced up as if
I didn’t know
you were there;
our eyes met,
and you stayed.
I always wondered
why?

A sweet smell
of summer, a
morning - in July.
A certain kindness
in your face,
a gentleness,
as you grinned -
A safe place to
begin.

I never knew
I knew you,
so many years ago
I loved you -
yet I said good bye.