C. A. Burkett Poet Rhyme

That Time When You Were Mine

Had such fun
As we’d run in the sun
Splash in the pool
Act like we’re cool
Play patty cake
Feel our skin bake
Skip rocks in the stream
Pretend faces look mean
Laugh all the while
Always a smile
Wrestle our thumbs
Comprehend sums
Candy cigarettes 
And we were set
Showed off our scars 
From playing too hard
Carved rings out of acorns
Our fingers they adorned 
Chased you through the flowers
How our mothers would howl 
Stole a kiss behind the shed
Said one day we’d wed 
Built forts in the yard
And with playing cards
Climbed up tall trees
Tumbled and scraped knees
Ate ice cream for breakfast 
If our parents would let us
And fruit for dessert 
Because it just worked 
You were seven
But pretended to be eleven
And I was eight
Thought I was ready to date
Why can’t this last
I wish I could ask
But I was too young to know that then
Good times we had, oh remember when
Where are you now
My favorite pal
I’ll never forget that time
When you were mine

Written -February 04, 2021

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