River Greenway

     

    Now that May has passed by, I bring a little present from the beginning of my relationship with my husband. I went and visited the first place we went when we first started our relationship, and I was finally able to put into words a memory of us. 

I once knew this path, 

On a mid-summer evening.

A cover band downtown was singing

While my lover and I walked 

The river greenway. 

We wandered off the path 

Down a little trail,

That led us to a broken boardwalk 

There we sat till dusk 

Watching the river as we talked. 

The river sang a gentle song 

And the birds and insects joined along.

We shared our first kiss 

On the riverbank,

So awkward it was. 

People said it would be romantic 

And it probably could've been 

If I hadn't been so nervous 

Wanting it to end. 

Later he told me 

It was the best kiss he'd ever had. 

While in the back of my head 

I didn't believe a word he said. 

Looking back at the memory  

Makes me laugh a little. 

We were just two young teens 

Trying to figure out life 

Just off the river greenway. 

Written by Evelyn Creon